Enfield Lock

infobox UK place
country = England
map_type = Greater London
region= London
population=
official_name= Enfield Lock
latitude= 51.6686
longitude= -0.026
london_borough= Enfield
constituency_westminster= Enfield North
post_town= ENFIELD
postcode_area= EN
postcode_district= EN3
dial_code= 01992
os_grid_reference= TQ365985

Enfield Lock is a place in the London Borough of Enfield, in the north of London. It is located in the area east of the Hertford Road between Turkey Street and the Holmsdale Tunnel overpass, to River Lea Navigation, including the Enfield Island Village [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Enfield%20Lock.pdf Local Government Boundaries map] .

History

It was first developed from about 1812 when a UK government-owned rifle factory, which was to be later known as the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, was built. The factory was built round about the end of the Napoleonic War on the instructions of the Board of Ordnance on marsh land at Enfield Lock on the banks of both the River Lea and the River Lea Navigation. The site was where the old River Lea joined the new River Lea.

Enfield Lock (lock) had been built in 1811 to conserve water on the river, and a lock keeper's house was built.

There was no other housing at that time at Enfield Lock, so workers had to live nearby at Enfield Wash.

The RSAF was closed shortly after privatisation, in about 1987 and the majority of the former site has now been redeveloped into a large housing development: Enfield Island Village. The original machine shop frontage and the older part of the rear structure has been retained and was converted into workshops and retail units by the Enfield Enterprise Agency, making use of European Union (ERDF) funding.

Transport and locale

Nearest places

* Freezywater
* Brimsdown

Nearest railway stations

* Enfield Lock railway station
* Brimsdown railway station

Politics

* The local MP is Labour politician Joan Ryan (her full constituency is Enfield North).

chools

* Primary schools: Chesterfield Infant School, Chesterfield Junior School, Keys Meadow Primary, Prince of Wales Primary School

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