Aqueduct Lock (Number 8) is a

lock Lock(s) may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainment * ''Lock ...

on the

River Lee Navigation The Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lea (also called the River Lee along the sections that are navigable). It flows from Hertford Castle Weir to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its ...

close to Turnford.

Location

The lock is located in the

River Lee Country Park The River Lee Country Park is located in the Lee Valley Park and is managed by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. Covering on either side of the River Lee Navigation between Waltham Abbey and Broxbourne, it is an area of lakes, watercours ...

and is adjacent to the Old River Lea and the Holyfield Lake which incorporates part of the

River Lee Flood Relief Channel The Lee Flood Relief Channel (FRC) is located in the Lea Valley and flows between Ware, Hertfordshire, and Stratford, east London. Work started on the channel in 1947 following major flooding and it was fully operational by 1976. The channel in ...

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

Old River Lea The Old River Lea is the former natural channel of the River Lea below Lea Bridge, in the London Borough of Hackney. The Old River forms a large meander from the Middlesex Filter Beds Weir to rejoin the main channel of the River Lee Navigati ...

Public access

Vehicular access at Wharf Road, Wormley car park. Pedestrian and cycles via the towpath which forms part of the

Lea Valley Walk The Lea Valley Walk is a long-distance path located between Leagrave, the source of the River Lea near Luton, and the Thames, at Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, east London. From its source much of the walk is rural. At Hertford the path follows t ...

Public transport

* Broxbourne railway station * Cheshunt railway station
Bus timetables

External links

{{Locks and Weirs on River Lea Locks of the Lee Navigation Locks in Essex Locks in Hertfordshire Navigable aqueducts in England Transport infrastructure completed in 1922