Hardmead Lock
51°48′07″N 0°00′52″W / 51.801911°N 0.014371°W / 51.801911; -0.014371
Bow Creek
Hertford Castle Weir
Hardmead Lock (No3) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Great Amwell close to the town of Ware.
The lock has a reputation as being difficult to negotiate. [1]
Location
The lock-keeper's cottage stands on an island formed by a section of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel which flows through an automatic sluice gate adjacent to the lock.
To the east of the lock is the Amwell Quarry nature reserve a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [2] and a section of the Old River Lea known as the Amwell Magna Fishery where it merges with its tributary the River Ash .
The New River flows close by to the west.
Public access
The lock is located on the River Lee Navigation towpath which is part of the Lea Valley Walk
Public transport
Ware railway station
| Next lock upstream | River Lee Navigation | Next lock downstream |
| Ware Lock 2.5 miles | Hardmead Lock Grid reference: TL3689513388 | Stanstead Lock 1.0 mile |
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Locks and weirs on the River Lea, England
- Hertford Lock
- Ware Lock
- Hardmead Lock
- Stanstead Lock
- Feildes Weir Lock
- Dobbs Weir Lock
- Carthagena Lock
- Aqueduct Lock
- Cheshunt Lock
- Waltham Common Lock
- Waltham Town Lock
- Rammey Marsh Lock
- Enfield Lock
- Ponder's End Lock
- Pickett's Lock
- Stonebridge Lock
- Tottenham Lock
- Pond Lane Flood Gates
- Old Ford Lock
- Bow Locks
(branch from Hackney Cut)
(branch, at Bow Locks)
(branches of the
Old River Lea)
- Three Mills Lock
- City Mill Lock
- Carpenter's Road Lock
- Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct)
- Three Mills Wall River Weir
(These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)
References
- ^ London canals-Hardmead lock Archived 21 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 1 July 2008
- ^ Amwell quarry Retrieved 2 July 2008
External links
- Hardmead Lock- a history
