Poppy The Canal Boat was a real narrowboat moored on the Regent’s Canal near Islington, often spotted close to the entrance of the Islington Tunnel. It’s remembered in *Hitchhiker’s* lore as part of the creative landscape surrounding Douglas Adams and his friends — a symbol of the area’s eccentric, artistic community during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
SEARCH 51.5324533, -0.0930964 Poppy The Canal Boat, 172 Shepherdess Walk, Hoxton, London Borough of Hackney, London, Greater London, England, N1 7JN, United Kingdom
Though the boat itself isn’t named in *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy*, it evokes the same spirit as Adams’ London: quietly absurd, whimsical, and full of stories hidden below the surface.
Local legend holds that *Poppy* was home to friends of Adams or fellow writers from the North London creative scene, and that he occasionally joined them by the canal — a setting that could easily have inspired his mix of calm English charm and cosmic chaos.
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- caravelrestaurant.com 