Cheshunt Lock
51°42′36″N 0°01′01″W / 51.710046°N 0.016882°W / 51.710046; -0.016882
WaterwayRiver Lee Navigation
CountyHertfordshire
Maintained byCanal & River Trust
OperationManual
Length85 feet (25.9 m)
Width16 feet (4.9 m)
Fall5 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)

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

References

  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


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