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River Lee Navigation by Enfield Island Village
Looking downstream
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 28 Apr 2016
0.04 miles
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Rammey Marsh Flood Relief Channel
The main flood channel for the River Lea.
View from a bridge on National Cycle Route 1.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 20 Jul 2019
0.09 miles
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Blanchard Grove, Enfield Island Village
New housing on the outskirts of Greater London.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 1 Jun 2013
0.10 miles
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Pylon at Enfield Island Village
A pylon near the centre of Enfield Island Village - an iconic landmark for the residents.
Image: © John Leeming
Taken: 11 Jul 2007
0.11 miles
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Shared path at Enfield Island Village
Signs indicate that this path is shared by pedestrians and cyclists. It forms part of National Cycle Network route 1, which stretches up the east side of Britain from Dover to the Shetland Islands.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 1 Jun 2013
0.12 miles
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Brunswick Road, Enfield Island Village
A recent housing development on the outskirts of Greater London.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 1 Jun 2013
0.12 miles
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Enfield Island Village
Enfield Island Village is a housing development built between 1997-2003 and stands on the former site of the Royal Small Arms factory which closed in the 1980s. The island is bounded by various channels of the River Lea.
Image: © David Kemp
Taken: 11 Oct 2008
0.13 miles
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River Lea looking Upstream
This is the actual river - not a navigation or canal cut
Image: © Chris Heaton
Taken: 3 Sep 2017
0.15 miles
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Swans on the River Lea
The original River Lea flowed 70 miles from Leagrove Marsh near Luton to the River Thames at Bow Creek. The River Lee Act of 1766 provided for the construction of 15 new cuts to straighten the course of the river by eliminating loops which made it difficult to navigate. The River Lee Navigation just west of here is one of those cuts and hence it is a navigation rather than a river.
This though is the River Lea which unlike the Lee Navigation is not accessible here. Historically the river is spelled Lea while the navigation is Lee. Just ahead on the left, part of the River Lea flows into the huge King George's Reservoir - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5357435
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 27 Sep 2017
0.17 miles
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The London LOOP alongside the River Lea
The original River Lea flowed 70 miles from Leagrove Marsh near Luton to the River Thames at Bow Creek. The River Lee Act of 1766 provided for the construction of 15 new cuts to straighten the course of the river by eliminating loops which made it difficult to navigate. The River Lee Navigation just west of here is one of those cuts and hence it is a navigation rather than a river. This though is the River Lea which unlike the Lee Navigation is not accessible here. Historically the river is spelled Lea while the navigation is Lee.
The London LOOP follows the River Lea here for a short distance before climbing out of the Lea Valley towards Epping Forest.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 27 Sep 2017
0.17 miles