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…
Continue ReadingThe Lee Navigation – Through Tottenham and Edmonton
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…
Continue ReadingThe Lee Navigation – Hackney Canal & Springfield
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…
Continue ReadingAn introduction to the Lee Navigation (River Lea)
The Lee Navigation was actually built in stages from the 1600’s to the Mid 1800’s, with the main body of the work being undertaken in…
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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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