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    The Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lea (also called the River Lee along the sections that are navigable). It flows from Hertford...
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    River Lea (redirect from Lea (Lee))
    between the Thames and eastern Hertfordshire and Essex, known as the Lee Navigation. This stimulated much industry along its banks. The navigable River...
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    Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, downstream to its confluence with the Lee Navigation at Feildes Weir near Rye House, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. With the growth...
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    River Lea and Lee Navigation and directly south of Broxbourne. It contains a section of the Lee Valley Park, including much of the River Lee Country Park...
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    just over 1 mile (1.6 km) long, connects the Regent's Canal to the Lee Navigation in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It was opened...
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    authorised by an act of Parliament, the River Lee Navigation Act 1425 (3 Hen. 6. c. 5). The River Lee Navigation Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 18) allowed the Lord...
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    Authority. Covering 1,000 acres (400 ha) on either side of the River Lee Navigation between Waltham Abbey and Broxbourne, it is an area of lakes, watercourses...
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    was a UK government-owned rifle factory in Enfield, adjoining the Lee Navigation in the Lea Valley. Some parts were in Waltham Abbey. The factory produced...
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    Enfield, north London, England, around Hertford Road west of the River Lee Navigation. It became industrialised through the 19th century, similar to the Lea...
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    Greater London. The east of Enfield, adjacent to the River Lea and Lee Navigation, is renowned for its industrial heritage. The Royal Small Arms Factory...
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    Limehouse Cut (category Lee Navigation)
    canal in the East End of London which links the lower reaches of the Lee Navigation to the River Thames. Opening on 17 September 1770, and widened for two-way...
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    the River Lee Navigation. Mossops Creek Bridge (completed 2006) forms part of the Mossops Creek permissive path which links the Lee Navigation to the Brimsdown...
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  • to the River Lee Navigation, including the Enfield Island Village. The locality gains its name from the lock on the River Lee Navigation. Today's Enfield...
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    height restriction of a boat on the Lee, due to low bridges, means that a boat that can cruise on the Lee Navigation is low enough to cruise on Regents...
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    and Greater London Urban Area. The area is on the River Lea and the Lee Navigation along with the New River. Hoddesdon is the second most populated town...
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    Lee Navigation. Angling is allowed upstream and downstream of Picketts Lock. Information from the River Lea Anglers Club. The River Lee Navigation's towpath...
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  • World Wide Web in 1989, when Tim Berners-Lee invented it. Once the World Wide Web was available, web navigation increasingly became a major aspect and role...
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  • Hertfordshire spring water to be used in production, whilst proximity of the Lee Navigation and numerous railways meant easy, cheap shipping of coal, sugar, and...
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    Lea at Hertford to flow east and then south toward the Thames as the Lee Navigation, after Hertford Castle Weir. The shared valley of the Lea and the Beane...
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    runs along Wallis Road and the railway. The core area lies west of the Lee Navigation, here called Hackney Cut, however the parts of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic...
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    was gradually canalised to maintain navigation. Significant changes occurred with the creation of the Lee Navigation in 1767, which resulted in the construction...
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  • Barrow Navigation Lower Bann Navigation River Foyle River Lagan Lee Navigation Munster Blackwater & Bride Navigation Shannon Navigation Slaney Navigation Suck...
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    on its northwestern edge, running along the Hertford Union Canal and Lee Navigation towpaths. NCN1 is a long cycle route between Dover, Kent, and the Shetland...
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  • London River Cray River Darent River Ingrebourne River Lea (or Lee) River Lee Navigation River Moselle New River River Peck River Pool River Quaggy River...
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    Hackney Marshes (category Lee Valley Park)
    the Old River Lea, and the Hackney Cut – an artificial channel of the Lee Navigation, dug about 1770, to avoid a loop in the natural watercourse. The southern...
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    church of St Dunstan's at Stepney. A lock and weir now exist on the Lee Navigation near where the ford used to be. This lies at the end of 'Hackney Cut'...
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    Lee Navigation, passing to the west of the Lockwood Reservoir. It continues past Stonebridge Lock and Tottenham Lock, then merges with the River Lee Navigation...
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  • The Lee Conservancy Police was the name given to a body of constables who policed the Lee Navigation, and were maintained by the Lee Conservancy Board...
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  • Picketts Lock (category Lee Valley Park)
    Edmonton, in the London Borough of Enfield. It is bordered by River Lee Navigation to the east, Pickett's Lock Lane to the south, Meridian Way A1055 to...
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    walk is rural. At Hertford the path follows the towpath of the River Lee Navigation, and it becomes increasingly urbanised as it approaches London. The...
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