Cheshunt Lock

Cheshunt Lock
Waterway	River Lee Navigation
County	Hertfordshire
Maintained by	British Waterways
Operation	Manual
Length	85 feet (25.9 m)
Width	16 feet (4.9 m)
Fall	5 feet 1 inch (1.5 m)
Distance to ; Bow Creek	14.5 miles (23.3 km)
Distance to ; Hertford Castle Weir	11.8 miles (19.0 km)
Coordinates	51.710046°N 0.016882°W

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 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

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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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[1] Bittern information Archived 20 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 May 2008

[2] North Met Pit Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 May 2008

Locks and Weirs on the River Lea, England
Counties	Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Essex Greater London
Locks	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
Weirs	Horns Mill Weir Hertford Castle Weir Hartham Weir Ware Weir Feildes Weir Dobbs Weir Carthagena Weir Kings Weir Newmans Weir Middlesex Filter Beds Weir
Hertford Union Canal (branch from Hackney Cut)	Hertford Union Bottom Lock No. 3 Hertford Union Middle Lock No. 2 Hertford Union Top Lock No. 1 Regent's Canal
Limehouse Cut (branch, at Bow Locks)	Bromley Stop Lock Britannia Stop Lock Limehouse Basin
Bow Back Rivers (branches of the Old River Lea)	Three Mills Lock City Mill Lock Carpenter's Road Lock (Under restoration, est. completion March 2017) Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct) Three Mills Wall River Weir (These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)