Camden Lock, London

Actually this twin lock is called 'Hampstead Road Lock No.1'.

Built in 1820 by James Morgan, an assistant to the mighty John Nash, who was supervising architect and engineer.

Nash was responsible for the layout of most of Regency London, including Regent Street and Buckingham Palace. He presented the Prince Regent (later George IV) with a plan to develop a large chunk of central North London in 1811 which included building a canal from Paddington on the Grand Union Canal to Limehouse on the River Thames. He called it the Regent's Canal.

In 1845, a group of businessmen tried to buy the canal and turn it into a railway, but it came to nothing, mainly as Parliament objected to a railway within the boundary of Regent's Park.

The lock is next to Camden High Street and Camden Lock Market which have been developed into a hugely popular shopping and cultural area.

In the 1980s, Camden Lock was home to TVAM, the breakfast television company who broadcast live from here each morning.