Cheshunt Lock (No 9) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Cheshunt,

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Geography

The lock is located in the River Lee Country Park which is a part of the

Lee Valley Park Lee Valley Regional Park is a long linear park, much of it green spaces, running through the northeast of Greater London, Essex and Hertfordshire from the River Thames to Ware, through areas such as Stratford, Clapton, Tottenham, Enfield, ...

. The Seventy Acres Lake to the east is an important site for the bittern. To the west is North Met Pit, a mature gravel pit of 58 acres divided into two. It is another former gravel pit which is popular with anglers and naturalists. North Met Pit
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Public access

Pedestrian and cycle access by the towpath which is part of the Lea Valley Walk.

Public transport

Cheshunt railway station Cheshunt is a National Rail and London Overground station in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. On the National Rail network it is on the West Anglia Main Line, from London Liverpool Street and situated between and . On the London Overground net ...

References

External links

Cheshunt Lock - a history
{{Locks and Weirs on River Lea Locks of the Lee Navigation Locks in Essex Locks in Hertfordshire