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Pudding Mill River Requiem – part three
Historical Lee Navigation River

Pudding Mill River Requiem – part three

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The Pudding Mill River clearly extended southwards as far as the old bridge that formed a link between Marshgate Lane and a scrapyard to the...
Pudding Mill River Requiem – part two
Historical Lee Navigation River

Pudding Mill River Requiem – part two

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Looking down knobs Hill in 2005 from the junction of Marshgate Lane and Knobs Hill Road. The dip under the Northern Outfall is obvious. Knobs...
Pudding Mill – Requiem for a lost London river
Historical Lee Navigation River

Pudding Mill – Requiem for a lost London river

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The Pudding Mill River (known also as Pudding Mill stream or Hunter's Mill stream) was a major waterway forming part of the network known as...
The Limehouse Cut – first navigable canal ever built in London
Historical Lee Navigation

The Limehouse Cut – first navigable canal ever built in London

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The now demolished Premier Metropolis factory, Burdett Road, Limehouse Flats on the site of the Premier Metropolis factory 'The Pier' or whatever! Useful observation platform...
The Limehouse Cut
Historical Lee Navigation

The Limehouse Cut

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The first canal scheme in London: The Limehouse Cut was the first navigable artifical waterway (the much earlier New River was built as a water...
In Retrospect: Is the Lee Navigation a canal or river?
Canalised river Lee Navigation River

In Retrospect: Is the Lee Navigation a canal or river?

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From Hertfordshire.com"The River Lee (or Lea) runs through Hertford on its way to London and it is joined in Hertford by three other rivers, the...
The Lee Navigation – Ware Park, New Gauge and Hertford
Canalised river Lee Navigation River

The Lee Navigation – Ware Park, New Gauge and Hertford

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The final section of the Lee Navigation is just over three miles long. The course of the River Lea has been utilised since the weir...
The Lee Navigation – Stanstead lock and Gazebos
Canalised river Lee Navigation River

The Lee Navigation – Stanstead lock and Gazebos

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The River Lea conitnues to be used by the Lee Navigation as far as Stanstead Lock, after which it returns to its own artificial cut,...
The Lee Navigation – Kings Weir to Rye House
Canalised river Lee Navigation River

The Lee Navigation – Kings Weir to Rye House

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Immediately after Kings Weir is Wormley, a popular mooring spot. There are good walks in all directions from here, from viewing the spectacular cascade at...
The Lee Navigation – Rammey Marsh to Kings Weir
Canalised river Lee Navigation River

The Lee Navigation – Rammey Marsh to Kings Weir

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The 1835 iron bridge at Rammey Marsh Lock. It was closed recently due to structural faultsRammey Marsh is the second of two partially mechanised locks...

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