Dobbs Weir Lock
51°45′09″N 0°00′12″E / 51.752395°N 0.003307°E / 51.752395; 0.003307
Essex
Bow Creek
Hertford Castle Weir
Dobbs Weir Lock (No 6) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation near Hoddesdon.
Location
The lock is south of the nearby Dobbs Weir, and stands close to the confluence of the Lynch Brook and the Old River Lea. To the east of the lock is the Nazeing Mead complex of lakes which incorporates part of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel.
Public access
Vehicular access via Meadgate Road from Carthagena Lock.
Walking and cycle access along the towpath that forms part of the Lea Valley Walk.
Public transport
Broxbourne railway station
External links
- Dobbs Weir lock photographs
- Nazeing Meads Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Dobbs Weir Lock - a history
Next lock upstream | River Lee Navigation | Next lock downstream |
Feildes Weir Lock 0.7 mile | Dobbs Weir Lock Grid reference: TL3826507916 | Carthagena Lock 0.8mile |
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Locks and weirs on the River Lea, England
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- 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
(branch from Hackney Cut)
(branch, at Bow Locks)
(branches of the
Old River Lea)
- Three Mills Lock
- City Mill Lock
- Carpenter's Road Lock
- Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct)
- Three Mills Wall River Weir
(These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)