Aqueduct Lock (Number 8) is a
lock
Lock(s) may refer to:
Common meanings
*Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance
*Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
Arts and entertainment
* ''Lock ...
on the
River Lee Navigation
The Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lea (also called the River Lee along the sections that are navigable). It flows from Hertford Castle Weir to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its ...
close to
Turnford.
Location
The lock is located in the
River Lee Country Park
The River Lee Country Park is located in the Lee Valley Park and is managed by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. Covering on either side of the River Lee Navigation between Waltham Abbey and Broxbourne, it is an area of lakes, watercours ...
and is adjacent to the Old
River Lea and the Holyfield Lake which incorporates part of the
River Lee Flood Relief Channel
The Lee Flood Relief Channel (FRC) is located in the Lea Valley and flows between Ware, Hertfordshire, and Stratford, east London. Work started on the channel in 1947 following major flooding and it was fully operational by 1976. The channel in ...
The
aqueduct above the lock carries the
Small River Lea under the Navigation, which flows from the nearby
Old River Lea
The Old River Lea is the former natural channel of the River Lea below Lea Bridge, in the London Borough of Hackney. The Old River forms a large meander from the Middlesex Filter Beds Weir to rejoin the main channel of the River Lee Navigati ...
.
Public access
Vehicular access at Wharf Road,
Wormley car park.
Pedestrian and cycles via the towpath which forms part of the
Lea Valley Walk
The Lea Valley Walk is a long-distance path located between Leagrave, the source of the River Lea near Luton, and the Thames, at Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, east London. From its source much of the walk is rural. At Hertford the path follows t ...
.
Public transport
*
Broxbourne railway station
*
Cheshunt railway station
Bus timetables
External links
{{Locks and Weirs on River Lea
Locks of the Lee Navigation
Locks in Essex
Locks in Hertfordshire
Navigable aqueducts in England
Transport infrastructure completed in 1922