Cheshunt Lock
Lock on the Lee Navigation, England
51°42′36″N 0°01′01″W / 51.710046°N 0.016882°W / 51.710046; -0.016882
Bow Creek
Hertford Castle Weir
Cheshunt Lock (No 9) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, for which it is named. Unlike some other locks on the River Lee, it has not, in turn, given its name to more local the surrounding area.
Geography
The lock is located in the River Lee Country Park which is a part of the Lee Valley Park. The Seventy Acres Lake to the east is an important site for the bittern.[1] To the west is North Met Pit, a mature gravel pit of 58 acres divided into two. It is another former gravel pit which is popular with anglers and naturalists.[2]
Public access
Pedestrian and cycle access by the towpath which is part of the Lea Valley Walk.
Public transport
The nearest station is Cheshunt railway station.
Navigation
Next lock upstream | River Lee Navigation | Next lock downstream |
Aqueduct Lock 1.0 mile | Cheshunt Lock Grid reference: TL3700003169 | Waltham Common Lock 1.0 mile |
History
See also
References
- ^ Bittern information Archived 20 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 May 2008
- ^ North Met Pit Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 May 2008
External links
- Cheshunt Lock - a history
- Canal Plan UK details of current lock.
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Locks and weirs on the River Lea, England
- Hertford Lock
- Ware Lock
- Hardmead Lock
- Stanstead Lock
- Feildes Weir Lock
- Dobbs Weir Lock
- Carthagena Lock
- Aqueduct Lock
- Cheshunt Lock
- Waltham Common Lock
- Waltham Town Lock
- Rammey Marsh Lock
- Enfield Lock
- Ponder's End Lock
- Pickett's Lock
- Stonebridge Lock
- Tottenham Lock
- Pond Lane Flood Gates
- Old Ford Lock
- Bow Locks
(branch from Hackney Cut)
(branch, at Bow Locks)
(branches of the
Old River Lea)
- Three Mills Lock
- City Mill Lock
- Carpenter's Road Lock
- Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct)
- Three Mills Wall River Weir
(These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)