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.
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
Cheshunt railway station
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 |
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
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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)