More London Grand Union canalside development

THE Paddington Arm approach into central London has seen many changes in the last 30 years, writes Roger Fox.

First the Harrow Road Hospital was demolished, then the Heinz factory and now we are to lose the home of London cab drivers whose yard was always full of cabs while their drivers rested.

What happens to the wharf?

This has now been sold and soon there will be another pretty anonymous 12 storey residential block on the site. What will happen to the wharf where at least one boater has been tied for several years?

[The image shows the site of the development of a £140m mixed-use scheme on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in central London, delivering 332 serviced accommodation rooms alongside a well-being centre, a swimming pool and a cinema.]