Hidden jewel right off Paddington metro station. It's like walking into a different vacation spot inside your vacation spot, where you are met with river boat restaurants, personal motor boat rentals, and boat tours. The place is a network of canals surrounded by beautiful nature and home of charming boat houses and water flora and fauna. Well worth a visit.

Its a beautiful canal with lots of boats but not worth to visit if you have a limited time. Unless if you love nature, canals & lots of free time, you may spend time taking the boat trip to camden. The entrance closed at 6:30pm so please come in the morning or before 6pm to enjoy walking near the canal or riding the boat. This location is reachable via bus & tube.

Little Venice is a wonderful canal that provides a range of interesting boats and great views. The best time to visit is in the warmer months as the place is truly alive. Heading for sunset and evening gives a mixture of contrasting colours and the bright lights of the area. It is close to food and drink establishments. There are some activities that are available including tours and boat trips. It is great for walking and enjoying nature. Highly recommended.

Where Regent's Canal joins the Grand Union Canal, this little water area that looks like a large pond is called Browning's Pool after Robert Browning. He moved to the area from Italy when his wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning passed away in 1861. It is believed that he himself coined the term 'Little Venice'. You can take canal cruises from one of the canal boats moored alongside here. There's a barge cafe or two, and also a theatre barge. It's just a short stroll from here to the Paddington Basin where you can enjoy a meal on one of the many food barges. It's certainly a very romantic thing to do when the weather is pleasant. Beautiful natural area with so many water fowl including ducks, geese and swans. The pigeons seem to come out in force in some places and we were startled when a flock came in for landing all around us. A funny memory. Best way to get here is to get off at the Warwick Avenue tube station and simply walk to the end of the street by the bridge. It's a beautiful part of London - serene and a safe, scenic place to walk. The London Waterbus stop is just at the edge of Little Venice underneath the bridge where Blomfield and Westbourne Terrance roads meet. From here you can take a 45 minute canal cruise to Camden market. There's a term known as gongoozling - the mere act of taking a stroll along the towpath, relaxing in a cafe and sitting watching the boats drift by. You've got to do it!

Interesting area, a nice change from sidewalks and the tall buildings of the city. We walked around for an hour, there was not much else to do except look at the canals and the houseboats, some of them are quite nice, some of them neglected. There wasn’t that many benches around to sit on and rest and there was absolutely nothing to do for the kids. I wouldn’t come here again, unless to take a boat trip from here to let’s say Camden market.

We got off at Paddington station from the circle line and it’s immediately outside. Very pleasant walk along the canal. A lot of the narrow boats are very well maintained. Quite a lot of places to buy a drink and some themed on the boats themselves. Not a lot of places to sit. Nice weather helps. Very charming area.