The Stort Navigation from Sheering Mill Lane
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The Stort Navigation from Sheering Mill Lane
Image: © Marathon Taken: 27 Jun 2015
The Stort Navigation is the canalised section of the River Stort and runs for 14 miles from Bishop's Stortford downstream to its confluence with the River Lee Navigation at Rye House. Work began on 24th September 1766, under the direction of Thomas Yeoman, who was also the surveyor for the Lee Navigation, and was completed in the autumn of 1769. The navigation, which included fifteen locks, was officially opened on 24th October 1769. For a complete history of the Stort Navigation see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stort_Navigation There is a towpath along the entire length of the navigation. It is followed by the Stort Valley Way. This view looks along the towpath from Sheering Mill Lane.
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