Ponders End Lock (No 14) is a paired

lock Lock(s) or Locked 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 entertainme ...

on the River Lee Navigation in England and is located near

Ponders End Ponders End is the southeasternmost part of Enfield, London, Enfield, North London, north London, England, around Hertford Road west of the Lee Navigation, River Lee Navigation. It became Industrial suburb, industrialised through the 19th centur ...

, London. It is the last lock upstream that is large enough to take barges of up to 130 tons.

History

The lock was fully mechanised and duplicated in 1959, and was the first major work in a £864,000 British Waterways project to improve the Navigation. Work was completed in twelve months.

Access to the lock

The lock is located in Wharf Road close to the crossing of the Lea Valley Road A110 and is near Ponders End railway station. Pedestrian and cycle access is by the Lea Valley Walk.

Recreation

Angling Angling (from Old English ''angol'', meaning "hook") is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated with a fishing rod, although rodless te ...

is allowed on the River Lee Navigation upstream and downstream of Ponders End Lock.River Lea Anglers Club
Retrieved 2 December 2014.

References

External links

Enfield, London Locks of London Geography of the London Borough of Enfield Locks of the Lee Navigation {{London-struct-stub