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Waltham Town Lock

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{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox waterlock
|lock_name= Waltham Town Lock
|image=Waltham Town Lock.jpg
|caption= Waltham Town Lock [[Narrowboat]] ''Alder'' emerges from the downstream gate
|waterway= [[River Lee Navigation]]
|county=[[Hertfordshire]] [[Essex]]
|operation= Manual
|maint= [[Canal & River Trust]]
|first=
|length= {{convert|85|ft|m|1}}
|width= {{convert|16|ft|m|1}}
|fall= {{convert|4|ft|3|in|m|1}}
|enda= [[Bow Creek (England)|Bow Creek]]
|distenda= {{convert|12.5|mi|km|1}}
|endb= [[Hertford Castle Weir]]
|distendb= {{convert|13.8|mi|km|1}}
|coordinates = {{coord|51.687423|-0.012596|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Waltham Town Lock''' (No 11) is a [[Lock (water transport)|lock]] on the [[River Lee Navigation]] at [[Waltham Cross]], [[Hertfordshire]]. The lock is located in the [[River Lee Country Park]] which is part of the [[Lee Valley Park]]. The adjoining Showground site now known as the [[Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre]] has been chosen to host the [[canoeing]] event in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.leavalleywalk.org.uk/feed/ Olympic canoe site moved to Waltham Lock] Retrieved 14 May 2008</ref>

Flowing close to the lock is the [[River Lee Flood Relief Channel]] known as the Horsemill Stream at this point.

== Public access ==
Vehicular access from [[A121 road (England)|A121]] Station road to car parking close to lock.

Pedestrian and cycle access via the [[towpath]] which forms part of the [[Lea Valley Walk]]

== Public transport==

[[Waltham Cross railway station]]

Bus services; 211, 212, 213, 240, 250, 251, 506.<ref>[http://www.walthamx.co.uk/hertsbus.php Bus services] Retrieved 14 May 2008</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.leeandstort.co.uk/Waltham_Town.htm Waltham Town Lock - a history]

{{S-start}}
{{River lock start|River= [[River Lee Navigation]]}}
{{River lock line|upstream= [[Waltham Common Lock]] 1.0 mile|downstream=[[Rammey Marsh Lock]] 0.2 mile|location=TL 37478 00610}}
{{S-end}}

{{Locks and Weirs on River Lea}}

[[Category:Locks in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Locks in Essex]]
[[Category:Locks of the Lee Navigation]]
[[Category:Waltham Cross]]

{{UK-canal-stub}}

Feildes Weir Lock

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{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox waterlock
|lock_name=Feildes Weir Lock
|image=Feides Weir Lock.JPG
|caption= The lock-keeper's cottage
|waterway=[[River Lee Navigation]]
|county=[[Hertfordshire]]
|operation=Manual
|maint=[[Canal & River Trust ]]
|first=
|length={{convert|85|ft|m|1}}
|width={{convert|16|ft|m|1}}
|fall={{convert|5|ft|m|1}}
|enda=[[Bow Creek (England)|Bow Creek]]
|distenda= {{convert|19|mi|km|1}}
|endb=[[Hertford Castle Weir]]
|distendb={{convert|7.3|mi|km|1}}
|coordinates = {{coord|51.763574|0.012998|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Feildes Weir Lock''' (No5) is a [[water transport|lock]] on the [[River Lee Navigation]] located in [[Hoddesdon]].

== Location ==
The lock is adjacent to the confluence of the [[River Lea]] and the [[River Stort]] at [[Feildes Weir]].

The {{convert|120|acre|km2|adj=on}} Glen Faba lake is to the east of the lock.

== Public access ==
Vehicular access via Rattys Lane

Walking and cycle access via the towpath that forms part of the [[Lea Valley Walk]]

== Public transport ==
[[Rye House railway station]]

== External links==
* [http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/EN/default.aspx?n1=3&n2=18&n3=52 Glen Faba lake]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080327192727/http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/lee05.html London canals- Feildes Weir lock]
* [http://www.leeandstort.co.uk/Feildes_Weir_Lock.htm Feildes Weir Lock - a history]

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{{River lock start|River=[[River Lee Navigation]]}}
{{River lock line|upstream=[[Stanstead Lock]] 2.5 miles|downstream= [[Dobbs Weir Lock]] 0.7 mile|location=TL3890009177}}
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{{Locks and Weirs on River Lea}}

[[Category:Locks of the Lee Navigation]]
[[Category:Locks in Hertfordshire]]

Stanstead Lock

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox Waterlock
|lock_name= Stanstead Lock
|waterway= [[River Lee Navigation]]
|county=[[Hertfordshire]]
|image= Stanstead Lock.JPG
|caption= The lock, lock-keeper's house and swing-bridge
|operation=Manual
|maint=[[Canal & River Trust]]
|first=
|length={{convert|85|ft|m|1}}
|width={{convert|16|ft|m|1}}
|fall={{convert|8|ft|4|in|1}}
|enda=[[Bow Creek (England)|Bow Creek]]
|distenda= {{convert|21.5|mi|km|1}}
|endb=[[Hertford Castle Weir]]
|distendb= {{convert|4.8|mi|km|1}}
|coordinates = {{coord|51.790953|0.000131|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Stanstead Lock''' (No4) is a [[water transport|lock]] on the [[River Lee Navigation]] close to the villages of [[Stanstead Abbotts]] and [[Stanstead St Margarets|St Margarets]]. The lock which incorporates a rare example of a [[swing-bridge]], has the reputation of being one of the country's most difficult to negotiate.<ref>[http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/lee06.html London canals- Stanstead lock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621175257/http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/lee06.html |date=21 June 2008 }} Retrieved 27 June 2008</ref>

== Location==
[[File:Stanstead Marina.JPG|thumb|left| Stanstead marina viewed from the south. The Stanstead mill stream merges with the Navigation in the foreground]]
The lock-keeper's house is located on an island formed by a section of the [[River Lee Flood Relief Channel]] that flows through the automatic [[sluice gate]] adjacent to the lock.

Located to the south of the lock is the Stanstead marina.

== Public transport ==
[[St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station]]

== External links==
* [http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/default.aspx?n1=3&n2=72&n3=73 Stanstead marina]
* [http://www.leeandstort.co.uk/Stanstead_Lock.htm Stanstead Lock - a history]

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{{River lock start|River=[[River Lee Navigation]]}}
{{River lock line|upstream= [[Hardmead Lock]] 1.0 mile|downstream= [[Feildes Weir Lock]] 2.5 miles|location= TL3792812197}}
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== References==
{{reflist}}
{{Locks and Weirs on River Lea}}

[[Category:Locks of the Lee Navigation]]
[[Category:Locks in Hertfordshire]]
[[Category:Great Amwell]]

Ogley Junction

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{{Short description|Canal junction in the English Midlands}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox Canal
|name = Ogley Junction
|image = Anglesey_Basin_Bridge_-_Wyrley_and_Essington_Canal,_Anglesey_Branch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_902764.jpg
|image_caption = The towpath bridge over the Lichfield Canal at Ogley Junction
|date_use =
|date_completed = 1800
|date_closed =
|date_restored =
|elev =
|elev_note =
|status = Open
|navigation_authority = Canal and River Trust
}}
'''Ogley Junction''' ({{gbmapping|SK056060}}), on the [[Staffordshire]] county border near [[Brownhills]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]], is a historic [[Junction (canal)|canal junction]] on the [[Wyrley and Essington Canal]] where the Anglesey Branch left the main line (which led to the [[Coventry Canal]] at [[Huddlesford Junction]], near [[Lichfield]]).

==History==
The line of the Wyrley and Essington Canal which passes through the site of Ogley Junction was part of a revised plan for the canal. As originally authorised by an [[Act of Parliament]] in 1792, it consisted of a main line from collieries at Wyrley and Essington to the [[Birmingham Canal Navigations]] at [[Horseley Fields Junction]], near Wolverhampton, with a branch to Birchills, to the north of [[Walsall]]. Before construction was completed, a second Act obtained in 1794 authorised a large extension to the east, running from [[Birchills Junction]], where a short stub to the original terminus remained, through Pelsall to Brownhills, where there were coal mines, and then dropping through thirteen [[Lock (water transport)|locks]] to Huddlesford Junction.<ref>{{harvnb |Hadfield |1985 |pp=94–95}}</ref> Huddlesford was on the line of the Coventry Canal, although that section had been built by the [[Birmingham and Fazeley Canal]], under a deal which they had negotiated to ensure that there were routes which were likely to guarantee that the new canal was profitable.<ref>{{harvnb |Nicholson |2003 |p=35}}</ref> The old main line, from Sneyd Junction to Wyrley, became a branch. The new main line was opened throughout in 1797.<ref name=hadfield96>{{harvnb |Hadfield |1985 |p=96}}</ref>

There were some initial problems, one of which was water supply, and this was aggravated by the failure of the reservoir dam at Sneyd in 1799. However, the situation was resolved when a new reservoir was built at [[Chasewater]] in 1800.<ref name=hadfield96/> The reservoir fed water into the canal at the site of Ogley Junction, but the feeder was not navigable, and so was not a junction at the time. It became a junction around 1863, when the Marquess of Anglesey started to sink coal mines near to the reservoir, and the feeder was made wider, so that boats could reach Anglesey Basin to service the mines.<ref>{{harvnb |Hadfield |1985 |p=261}}</ref>

The Wyrley and Essington Canal became disused east of Ogley Junction and was abandoned by Act of Parliament in 1954.<ref>{{harvnb |Hadfield |1985 |p=263}}</ref> Subsequently this stretch has been named the [[Lichfield Canal]] and is under restoration. A small stub of the original line exists to the east of the junction, which provides some moorings.<ref>{{harvnb |Nicholson |2006 |pp=43–45}}</ref>

==Location==
Most of the Wyrley and Essington Canal was level, and connected to the {{convert|473|ft|m}} [[Wolverhampton Level]] of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. From the junction, the Anglesey Branch heads to the north west for {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}, passing under Anglesey Bridge almost immediately, and then crossing a railway track on an aqueduct, to reach Anglesey Basin.<ref name=jane80>{{harvnb |Cumberlidge |2009 |pp=80–81}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb |Nicholson |2006 |p=45}}</ref> To the south, the canal is level for {{convert|6.2|mi|km}} to Longwood Junction via the Daw End Branch, where it joins the [[Rushall Canal]], or for {{convert|16.2|mi|km}} along the main line to Horseley Fields Junction and the [[BCN Main Line]] to Wolverhampton and Birmingham.<ref name=jane80/>

The branch to Lichfield and Huddlesford heads east, and the start of the canal is spanned by a [[grade II listed]] [[cast iron]] bridge. Each side of the elliptical arch is made from two castings, which are bolted together in the centre, and one of them carries the inscription "Horseley Ironworks 1829".<ref>{{NHLE |num=1087076 |desc=Footbridge at Ogley Junction |access-date=31 January 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom|Transport}}
*[[Canals of the United Kingdom]]
*[[History of the British canal system]]

==Bibliography==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{Cite book
|first=Jane |last=Cumberlidge
|title=Inland Waterways of Great Britain (8th Ed.)
|publisher=Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson
|year=2009
|isbn=978-1-84623-010-3
}}
*{{Cite book
|first=Charles |last=Hadfield
|title=The Canals of the West Midlands
|publisher=David and Charles
|year=1985
|isbn=0-7153-8644-1
}}
*{{cite book
|last=Nicholson
|author-link=Nicholson Guides
|title=Nicholson Guide Vol 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham
|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Harper Collins]]
|year=2006
|isbn=978-0-00-721110-4
}}
*{{cite book
|last=Nicholson
|author-link=Nicholson Guides
|title=Nicholson Guide Vol 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England
|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Harper Collins]]
|year=2003
|isbn=0-00-713666-8
}}
*{{cite book
|first=Michael| last=Pearson
|title=Canal Companion - Birmingham Canal Navigations
|year= 1989
|publisher=J. M. Pearson & Associates
|isbn=0-907864-49-X
}}
{{Refend}}

===References===
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.lhcrt.org.uk/lich.htm Lichfield Canal]
* [http://www.lhcrt.org.uk/ Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust]

{{Birmingham Canal Navigations}}
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[[Category:Lichfield District]]
[[Category:Canal junctions in England]]
[[Category:Canals in Staffordshire]]
[[Category:Birmingham Canal Navigations]]