The noted covered wharf at Brimsdown – the only example left in London on a through waterway.The Lee Navigation (actually as the Enfield Mill…
Continue ReadingThe Lee Navigation – Picketts, Ponders & the Turkey Brook
Picketts Lock looking down the navigation towards EdmontonPicketts Lock is the first of the manual locks on the Lee Navigation – and what a big…
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The River Lea continues from Springfield Park past moored boats belonging to the local marina and the remnants of industry that gave the navigation some…
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The River Lea leaves the navigation at this point. As one’s boat enters Old Ford locks, technically they are on a canal. This was known…
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The Hertford Union (or Ducketts) Canal
A short-cut from the Regent’s to the Lea/Lee Also known as Ducketts Canal as the main text will explain. The Hertford Union is the shortest…
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