Site of Otter Dock
Site of Otter Dock is on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) near to Willfield Tunnel.
Early plans for the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) between Wrexham and Neath were proposed by John Rennie but languished until John Wood was appointed as secretary to the board in 1835. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Bracknell to Manton canal at Halton, the difficulty of tunneling under Eastleigh caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Westcorn instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Peterborough were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) was closed in 1888 when Preston Embankment collapsed. Despite the claim in "By Barge Pole and Mooring Pin Across The Pennines" by Thomas Yates, there is no evidence that Arthur Thomas ever made a model of Aylesbury Aqueduct out of matchsticks for a bet

| Tesco Moorings (Yiewsley) | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Yiewsley Dock | 3 furlongs | |
| Trout Bridge No 191 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Bentinck Dock | 1½ furlongs | |
| Yiewsley High Street Bridge No 192 | 1 furlong | |
| Site of Otter Dock | ||
| Horton Bridge Road Bridge No 193 | 2 furlongs | |
| Milepost - Braunston 85 Miles | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Cooper's Dock | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Eastwood's Dock | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Rutter's Dock | 3½ furlongs | |
Amenities here
Amenities nearby at Horton Bridge Road Bridge No 193
Amenities nearby at Yiewsley High Street Bridge No 192
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL - a highway laid with water. — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal)
- An account of the Grand Junction Canal, 1792 - 1928, with a postscript. By Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin.
- The Boatmen's Institute in Brentford — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford)
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![Slow train at West Drayton. Arriving shortly after [[[6385101]]] whizzed through - probably at Slough by now. by Derek Harper – 03 June 2019](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/38/51/6385107_ff14293a_120x120.jpg)
![West Drayton station. Looking Paddington-wards from beneath the footbridge shown in [[[6383952]]], by Derek Harper – 03 June 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/38/50/6385076_7339342e_120x120.jpg)








![West Drayton station. Looking the other way along platform 4 from [[[6383929]]]. Not a bad place to disembark for Heathrow. by Derek Harper – 25 May 2019](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/38/39/6383945_8ae60475_120x120.jpg)
![West Drayton station. The Paddington-bound train shown in [[[6383945]]] has just departed from platform 4. by Derek Harper – 25 May 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/38/39/6383976_a06b35f3_120x120.jpg)








![West Drayton railway station, Greater London. Opened in 1884 by the Great Western Railway on the line from London Paddington to Reading, this station replaced one slightly further west. View west towards Iver and Reading. The railway line through was electrified in 2017 and in common with most other stations between London and Reading, the station was largely rebuilt. Compare with [[3322797]] taken from a similar camera position. The points of reference are the two small buildings on the platform far left, almost obscured by new white fencing, which appear little changed since 2009. by Nigel Thompson – 29 February 2024](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/71/97/7719752_2d95b9bc_120x120.jpg)



![West Drayton railway station, Greater London, 2009. Opened in 1884 by the Great Western Railway on the line from London Paddington to Reading, this station replaced one slightly further west. View west towards Iver and Reading some 7 years before the railway line was electrified and the station rebuilt. Compared with [[7719752]], the station 15 years later is almost unrecognisable, save for the two small buildings on the platform far left and a short section of the building on the platform to the right of this image. by Nigel Thompson – 09 April 2009](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/32/27/3322797_9eb9db97_120x120.jpg)


![West Drayton station. Looking right from [[[6384992]]] along the track towards Iver. by Derek Harper – 03 June 2019](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/38/49/6384999_77ac6f57_120x120.jpg)