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
Bow Creek (London)
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Bow Creek is a 2.25-mile long tidal estuary of the English River Lea and is part of the Bow Back Rivers. Below Bow Locks the creek forms the boundary between the London Boroughs of Newham and Tower Ha
Lee Navigation
…incorporating the River Lea (also called the River Lee along the sections that are navigable). It flows from Hertford Castle Weir to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its last Bow Locks. The Lee Navigation is named by acts of Parliament and is so marked on Ordnance Survey maps…
Bow Creek (tidal) (far left) meets the Limehouse Cut (canal, right), at Bow Locks on the Lee Navigation (centre); with a view of Canary Wharf
Bow Creek flooding at high tide
Bow Creek at high tide with a view towards Balfron Tower and Canary Wharf