Grand Union takes its name from its first site, which backs onto the Grand Union Canal in Camden (launched April 2006). Due to the success of this first site, the company followed by opening sites in Islington (December 2007), Kennington (February 2009), Brixton (February 2009), Ravenscourt Park (May 2009, Camberwell (November 2009), Wandsworth (August 2010), Farringdon (February 2011) and Paddington (May 2011) Grand Union also runs the Three Locks pub in Stock Hammond, Buckinghamshire, which it acquired in December 2008.
