Waltham Common Lock

Infobox Waterlock
lock_name=Waltham Common Lock


caption=Downstream of the lock
waterway=River Lee Navigation
county=Hertfordshire
Essex
opration=Manual
maint=British Waterways
first=
length= convert|85|ft|m|1|lk=on
width= convert|16|ft|m|1
fall= convert|4|ft|10|in|1
enda=Bow Creek
distenda= convert|13.5|mi|km|1|lk=on
endb=Hertford Castle Weir
distendb= convert|12.8|mi|km|1
coordinates=
lat=51.698596
long=-0.018561

Waltham Common Lock (No 10) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Waltham Cross. The lock is located in the River Lee Country Park which is part of the Lee Valley Park. Standing close to the Showground site - venue of the 2012 Olympics canoeing event. [ [http://www.leavalleywalk.org.uk/feed/ Olympic canoe site moved to Waltham lock] Retrieved May 15 2008] At the tail of the lock is the Powdermill Cut dug in 1806 to connect the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills directly to the then new Navigation. [ [http://www.royalgunpowdermills.com/canal_system.htm Royal Gunpowdermills canal system] Retrieved May 15 2008]

Public accesss

Car parking at Windmill Lane, Cheshunt.

Pedestrian and cycle access via the towpath that forms part of the Lea Valley Walk.

Public transport

Cheshunt railway station

References