Pond Lane Flood Gates
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Pond Lane Flood Gates is a redundant flood defence structure, located near Lea Bridge Road on the River Lee Navigation in the London Borough of Hackney, England.
Redundant flood gates, at the top of Hackney Cut, on the Lee Navigation.
Lea Bridge
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Lea Bridge is a district in the London Borough of Hackney and the London Borough of Waltham Forest in London, England. It lies 7 miles northeast of Charing Cross.
Pond Lane Flood Gates
…were finally removed in 1987. The footbridge over the lock still remains. The remains of the flood gates are located south of the Lea Bridge Road at Lea Bridge and adjacent to the former Middlesex Filter Beds which are now a nature reserve. The filter beds were built in 1852, to provide cleaner water to London…
Below Lea Bridge, the flow of the river continues over the head of the Middlesex Filter Beds Weir. Hackney Cut continues the navigation to the right. The island between contains a nature reserve in the former filter beds.
The Princess of Wales pub from Lea Bridge (October 2005)
Lea Bridge Railway Station when it reopened in 2016.