I took a walk along the Regent’s Canal through Camden today, and came across this architectural wonder. It looks like it should completely out of place amid the tall, white modern buildings, but somehow it just fits.

I’ve no idea how it came to be there – the internets don’t seem to want to tell me – but now it is a youth and community centre who do kayaking and things like that. All I can say is that to me it looks Victorian – who else would build such a folly? There’s even a wall that goes alongside the road, between the main building and the turret on the left.

The canals of London are a great place to walk – so many hidden things like this that you might just pass by without thinking by bus or car. The narrowboats are all rather pretty, and just being below road level means you can get a new perspective on established landmarks (I’m thinking the Lock market in Camden as one example).

You can see more of my Regent’s Canal walk here on Flickr.