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A modern office block beside an older building alongside the Grand Union Canal. On top of the offices is a statue of Elvis(?) Image

Close-up of the statue of a rock singer (Elvis?) on top of a modern office block Image

This building by the Grand Union Canal has a large door opening straight onto the canal, for loading from barges. The building has recently been extensively refurbished and reclad, and the door is this stylish effort. Photo across the canal.

The modern number 527-533 Harrow Road, a rather distinctive family dwelling, is also shown in Image http://www.l-kahn.co.uk/history.html shows the building, then a cosmetics factory but earlier a rifle factory, on the Harrow road, that previously occupied the site. Beyond is The Flora pub.

Offices or housing? Difficult to tell. The 'first floor' wall hides a small courtyard. Seen from the towpath of the Grand Union Canal's Paddington Branch.

Similar to Image; see also Image The Flora has a couple of narrowboats moored outside. The white office building on the left is shown in Image

Not immediately recognizable as a pub from the canal side. It looks a good deal smarter from the road.

The pair of narrowboats moored by the pub are obviously permanent fixtures, appearing on satellite images as well as all photos of the pub; see also Image and Image

Pub on Harrow Road, seen across the Grand Union Canal, Paddington Branch

The Paddington Arm of the then Grand Junction Canal was opened in 1801 from Bull's Bridge near Southall to Paddington Basin. The canals were initially a success, particularly for transporting coal, building materials and other bulky loads, but the rise of the railways not long after the canals were built substantially reduced their importance. Now they are primarily a leisure facility. The Paddington Arm was one of the last to see the old-fashioned style of regular commercial traffic of paired narrow boats carrying the traditional materials such as coal, oils, and tar. The Paddington Arm now sees regular commercial traffic, usually in the form of aggregates. What was then the Central Electricity Generating Board laid cables under some of the towpaths in the 1970s, as seen here, and made them suitable for pedestrians again. The towpath is followed by the Grand Union Canal Walk. This section is between Great Western Road and Ladbroke Grove. The houses on the opposite side are on Harrow Road. Ladbroke Grove is just ahead.