Ponders End Lock (No 14) is a paired 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 i ...

in England and is located near

Ponders End Ponders End is the southeasternmost part of Enfield, north London, centred on the Hertford Road. Situated to the west of the River Lee Navigation, it became industrialised through the 19th century, similar to the Lea Valley in neighbouring Edm ...

, London. It is the last lock upstream that is large enough to take barges of up to 130 tons.

History

The lock was fully mechanised and duplicated in 1959, and was the first major work in a £864.000 British Waterways project to improve the Navigation. Work was completed in twelve months.

Access to the lock

The lock is located in Wharf Road close to the crossing of the Lea Valley Road A110 and is near

Ponders End railway station Ponders End railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line, serving the district of Ponders End in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is located between and . Its three-letter st ...

. Pedestrian and cycle access by the Lea Valley Walk

Recreation

Angling Angling is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook or "angle" (from Old English ''angol'') attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techni ...

is allowed on the River Lee Navigation upstream and downstream of Ponders End Lock.River Lea Anglers Club
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References

External links

Enfield, London Locks of London Geography of the London Borough of Enfield Locks of the Lee Navigation {{London-struct-stub