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Aqueduct Lock

Coordinates: 51°43′19″N 0°00′51″W / 51.721937°N 0.014299°W / 51.721937; -0.014299
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Aqueduct Lock
Looking south, the lock and the lock-keeper's cottage
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51°43′19″N 0°00′51″W / 51.721937°N 0.014299°W / 51.721937; -0.014299
WaterwayRiver Lee Navigation
CountyHertfordshire
Essex
Maintained byCanal & River Trust
OperationManual
Length85 feet (25.9 m)
Width16 feet (4.9 m)
Fall5 feet 6 inches (1.7 m)
Distance to
Bow Creek
15.5 miles (24.9 km)
Distance to
Hertford Castle Weir
10.8 miles (17.4 km)

Aqueduct Lock (Number 8) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation close to Turnford.

Location

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The lock is located in the River Lee Country Park and is adjacent to the Old River Lea and the 180-acre (0.73 km2) Holyfield Lake which incorporates part of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel

The aqueduct above the lock carries the Small River Lea under the Navigation, which flows from the nearby Old River Lea.

The aqueduct

Public access

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Vehicular access at Wharf Road, Wormley car park.

Pedestrian and cycles via the towpath which forms part of the Lea Valley Walk.






Public transport

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