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Lloyd Mews, ENFIELD, EN3 6XW

A recent housing development on the outskirts of Greater London.

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.

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.

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. This bridge was originally built to carry goods trains serving the former Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) via a branch off the Lea Valley Line in Brimsdown. It was built in 1915 and by 1917 was handling 70 trucks per day. Its route can be seen in this OS One Inch 7th series map dated 1955-61 http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=51.6630&lon=-0.0227&layers=11&b=1 The RSAF closed in the late 1980s but the bridge had been abandoned in the 1960s. It remained derelict until it was refurbished and opened for public use in 2013.

Board 3 of 4. This noticeboard on River Lea just south of Swan & Pike Pool car park. The metal footbridge crosses the River Lea to Enfield Island. This is on the London Loop (see https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/walking/loop-walk ) and the London Green Belt Way. To read the board, see a larger version at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6435653

Close up of this noticeboard on River Lea just south of Swan & Pike Pool car park.

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.

View from a footbridge on National Cycle Route 1.

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 after descending into the Lea Valley from Epping Forest.