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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 line|upstream= [[Hardmead Lock]]<br/> 1.0 mile|downstream= [[Feildes Weir Lock]]<br/> 2.5 miles|location= TL3792812197}}
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== References==
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{{Locks and Weirs on River Lea}}

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