Enfield Lock (lock)

Enfield Lock (lock)

Infobox Waterlock
lock_name= Enfield Lock


caption= The lock, cottages and toll office
waterway= River Lee Navigation
county = London Borough of Enfield
Greater London
operation= Manual
maint= British Waterways
first= 1811
length = convert|84|ft|m|1|lk=on
width = convert|16|ft|m|1
fall = convert|9|ft|7|in|m|1
enda= Bow Creek
distenda= convert|11.5|mi|km|1|lk=on
endb= Hertford Castle Weir
distendb= convert|14.8|mi|km|1
coordinates=
lat= 51.667319
long= -0.018207

Enfield Lock (No 13) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation, in the London Borough of Enfield. It gives its name to the surrounding area of Enfield Lock. Situated close to the former Royal Small Arms Factory now known as Enfield Island Village. It is the first of the smaller locks upstream to Hertford which were built to allow barges up to a maximum 100 tons.

History

The lock was built in 1811 to conserve water. At the lock are red brick cottages and a Lee Conservancy Board toll office of 1889. Cherry,B & Pevsner, N,"The Buildings of England" London4: North p440 ISBN 0140710493 Retrieved May 01 2008] . Below the lock, a water maintenance depot, with clock turret on the cruciform planned office building of 1907.

Public access

The lock is located adjacent to Ordnance Road.

Enfield Lock railway station is close by.

The area is served by the 491 [ [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/491.htm 491 bus timetable] Retrieved May 03 2008] and 121 London bus routes. [ [http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/121.htm 121 bus timetable] Retrieved May 02 2008]

External links

* [http://www.walklondon.org.uk/pointsofinterest/12enfieldlock.htm Enfield Lock video]
* [http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/lee03.html London canals- Enfield Lock]

References


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