With some influence from Nash, Morgan secured the post of Engineer, Architect and Land Surveyor for the new company, and oversaw the construction of the canal.

Spoil from the excavations was used to level land to the north of the canal, which became the third site of Lord's Cricket Ground.

Despite strong local opposition, a concrete and steel raft was constructed over the western portal, and the Cafe Laville was built on it.

[5] After passing under the A5205 road bridge, there is a right-angled bend after the locks, with the stub of Cumberland Basin to the left.

There is a long wooded cutting, before the canal skirts a housing estate built on the site of the former Marylebone goods yard.

[6] The tunnel runs underneath Aberdeen Place on which stands the renowned Crocker's Folly Hotel, so called because it was reputed to have been built in anticipation of the arrival of the railway which went to Marylebone instead.

[10] In 2016, the Canal & River Trust provisionally opened access to non-powerfed craft such as kayaks, packrafts and canoes.