Lee Navigation
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The Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lea. It flows from Hertford Castle Weir to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its last Bow Locks.
Lee Navigation at Bow Creek
Old Ford Lock, Lee Navigation
Hertford Basin, the first marina on the Navigation
Looking west from the North Circular Road at Edmonton
Limehouse Cut
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The Limehouse Cut is a largely straight, broad canal in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London which links the lower reaches of the Lee Navigation to the River Thames. Opening on 17 Septem
Lee Navigation
…including the Edmonton Cut from Flanders Weir at Chingford to the mill stream at Walthamstow, the Hackney Cut from Lea Bridge to Old Ford, and the Limehouse Cut to bypass the tight bends of Bow Creek near the River Thames. Yeoman was also responsible for setting out towing paths, designing 35 roving bridges…
Looking North East along the Limehouse Cut
Limehouse Cut in 1809 — apparently being widened. In the background is St Anne's Church and the recently built Commercial Road.
River Thames or Limehouse end, including the basin and its island (arrow)
The Marquess of Salisbury, chief promoter of the scheme