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Black Jack's Mill – Paddington Branch Towpath loop from Warwick Avenue

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Black Jack's Mill – Paddington Branch Towpath loop from Warwick Avenue

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Black Jack's Mill – Paddington Branch Towpath loop from Warwick Avenue

05:37

82.0km

160m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 18.0 km for 143 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.08 km

Pathway Along the Paddington Arm Canal

Highlight • Cycleway

🇩🇪 Wide enough for a bike. When there is oncoming traffic, someone has to go into the hedges.
🇬🇧 Wide enough for a bike. If there is oncoming traffic, someone has to go into the hedges.

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12.1 km

Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

18.1 km

Cranleigh Wood

Forest

19.9 km

Grand Union Canal Paddington Arm at Southall

Highlight • Cycleway

All the mud has gone and so has the ‘bike gate’ and its now a pleasure to ride!

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21.3 km

Bull's Bridge Junction (Grand Union Canal)

Highlight • River

If you need a short distance long ride... go around a couple times in Hillingdon Cycle Circuit and finish off going through the Grand union canal route.

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23.5 km

Wild Section of the Grand Union Canal

Highlight • Structure

Mixed quality of Path between the slough branch and Bulls Bridge - some nice "wild" sections

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31.5 km

River Colne and Grand Union Canal

Highlight • Cycleway

Very beautiful spot. Worth visiting on a paddleboard, I suppose

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37.1 km

Black Jack's Mill

Highlight • Bridge

A nice place to stop for a snack.

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39.4 km

Viewpoint

41.0 km

Stocker's Lock and Stone Bridge

Highlight • Structure

About 1922, the land between the River Colne and the canal was taken over by Rickmansworth Gravel Company. Building in the capital was booming and gravel was in demand. Extraction at the site began and the resulting pit became Stocker's Lake. The original Wembley stadium was built at around this time and many have since speculated on the possibility of a Wembley Connection?

Dredging and gravel extraction continued until the 1940s. In 1947 Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company purchased Stocker's Lake (an area of 93.7 acres) for £5000 as the dredging agreement had expired. This was to protect the aquifer and pumping sources at Stocker's and Springwell. The company became Rickmansworth Water Company in 1985 and later part of Three Valleys Water Company, eventually Affinity Water, the present owners.

In the 1970s Stocker’s Lake became a nature reserve and day to day management was assigned by the water company to Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.

Tip by

65.8 km

Bridge Farm

Forest

78.2 km

Paddington Branch Towpath

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice narrow path along the channel. Be a bit careful with other people walking and cycling here.

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82.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.9 km

29.0 km

15.2 km

2.27 km

644 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.8 km

15.9 km

15.6 km

6.45 km

6.23 km

4.08 km

Elevation

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Thursday 9 July

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Black Jack's Mill – Paddington Branch Towpath loop from Warwick Avenue

Pathway Along the Paddington Arm Canal

Grand Union Canal Paddington Arm at Southall

Bull's Bridge Junction (Grand Union Canal)

Wild Section of the Grand Union Canal

River Colne and Grand Union Canal

Black Jack's Mill

Stocker's Lock and Stone Bridge

Paddington Branch Towpath

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