Stanstead Lock

Stanstead Lock
	The lock, lock-keeper's house and swing-bridge
Waterway	River Lee Navigation
County	Hertfordshire
Maintained by	British Waterways
Operation	Manual
Length	85 feet (25.9 m)
Width	16 feet (4.9 m)
Fall	8 feet 4 inches (2.5 m)
Distance to ; Bow Creek	21.5 miles (34.6 km)
Distance to ; Hertford Castle Weir	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Coordinates	51°47′27″N 0°00′00″E / 51.790953°N 0.000131°ECoordinates: 51°47′27″N 0°00′00″E / 51.790953°N 0.000131°E

Stanstead Lock (No4) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation close to the villages of Stanstead Abbotts and St Margarets. The lock which incorporates a rare example of a swing-bridge, has the reputation of being one of the country's most difficult to negotiate.^[1]

Location[]

Stanstead marina viewed from the south. The Stanstead mill stream merges with the Navigation in the foreground

The lock-keeper's house is located on an island formed by a section of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel that flows through the automatic sluice gate adjacent to the lock.

Located to the south of the lock is the Stanstead marina.

Public transport[]

St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station

External links[]

Next lock upstream	River Lee Navigation	Next lock downstream
Hardmead Lock 1.0 mile	Stanstead Lock Grid reference: TL3792812197	Feildes Weir Lock 2.5 miles

References[]

^ London canals- Stanstead lock Archived 21 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 June 2008

[1] London canals- Stanstead lock Archived 21 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 June 2008

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v t Locks and Weirs on the River Lea, England
Counties	Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Essex Greater London
Locks	Hertford Lock Ware Lock Hardmead Lock Stanstead Lock Feildes Weir Lock Dobbs Weir Lock Carthagena Lock Aqueduct Lock Cheshunt Lock Waltham Common Lock Waltham Town Lock Rammey Marsh Lock Enfield Lock Ponder's End Lock Pickett's Lock Stonebridge Lock Tottenham Lock Pond Lane Flood Gates Old Ford Lock Bow Locks
Weirs	Horns Mill Weir Hertford Castle Weir Hartham Weir Ware Weir Feildes Weir Dobbs Weir Carthagena Weir Kings Weir Newmans Weir Middlesex Filter Beds Weir
Hertford Union Canal (branch from Hackney Cut)	Hertford Union Bottom Lock No. 3 Hertford Union Middle Lock No. 2 Hertford Union Top Lock No. 1 Regent's Canal
Limehouse Cut (branch, at Bow Locks)	Bromley Stop Lock Britannia Stop Lock Limehouse Basin
Bow Back Rivers (branches of the Old River Lea)	Three Mills Lock City Mill Lock Carpenter's Road Lock (Under restoration, est. completion March 2017) Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct) Three Mills Wall River Weir (These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)