London Loop Walk 12 & 13 – Uxbridge to Moor Park

Another fine day today, so I left the dogs at home and embarked on the next two legs of the London Loop walk.
It’s a long tube journey back to Uxbridge; glad I’ve not got to do that again for a while. But the station is quite grand:
Uxbridge Station

Most of Section 12 follows the Grand Union canal towpath:
1608-011 London Loop 12 - Grand Union Canal
1608-013 London Loop 12 - Grand Union Canal

At about 11 feet, Denham Deep Lock has the greatest drop of any lock on the Grand Union. The canal is on a short aqueduct over Fray’s River so it was built deep enough in order not to affect the water supplies which powered the mills further down the river:
1608-014 London Loop 12 - Denham Deep Lock

More canal…
1608-015 London Loop 12 - Grand Union Canal 1608-016 London Loop 12 - Grand Union Canal

Broadwater is a vast lake just visible through the trees:
1608-017 London Loop 12 - Broadwater

Black Jack’s Lock and Mill are very scenic:
1608-019 London Loop 12 - Black Jacks Lock 1608-020 London Loop 12 - Black Jacks Lock 1608-021 London Loop 12 - Black Jacks Mill

More canal… (bet those houses are expensive!):
1608-024 London Loop 12 - Grand Union Canal

And finally, the end of Section 12 is reached, and into the countryside for Section 13:
1608-027 London Loop 13 - Park Wood Path
1608-029 London Loop 13 - White Heath
1608-030 London Loop 13 - White Heath
1608-033 London Loop 13 - Woodcock Hill

Then into Bishop’s Wood Country Park, which starts off with a nice path, but soon I’m fighting through brambles:
1608-034 London Loop 13 - Bishop's Wood Country Park 1608-035 London Loop 13 - Bishop's Wood Country Park