Carthagena Lock Explained

Lock Name:Carthagena Lock
Waterway:River Lee Navigation
County:Hertfordshire
Essex
Operation:Manual
Maint:Canal & River Trust
Length:85feet
Width:16feet
Fall:5feet
Enda:Bow Creek
Distenda:17.5miles
Endb:Hertford Castle Weir
Distendb:8.8miles
Coordinates:51.7436°N -0.0021°W

Carthagena Lock (No7) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Broxbourne

Location

Directly behind the lock is Carthagena Weir part of a fishery which also includes two lakes and a section of the Old River Lea.

To the east of the lock is the Nazeing Mead complex of lakes which incorporate part of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel.

Public access

Vehicular access via B194 Nazeing New Road

Pedestrian and cycle access via the towpath which forms part of the Lea Valley Walk

There is a water point for boats. The tap is in the lock.

Public transport

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