River Lea

River Lea is a river in Waltham Forest, Greater London, England. River Lea is situated nearby to the neighborhood Three Mills, as well as near the quarter Mill Meads.

Places of Interest

Highlights include House Mill and Clock Mill.

House Mill

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

House Mill is a former tide mill in East London, England. It is located on the River Lea in Mill Meads, and is part of the Three Mills complex. Because of its architectural merit, it is a Grade I listed building.

Clock Mill

Photo: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

London Stadium

Stadium

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London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Three Mills and Mill Meads.

Three Mills

Neighborhood

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The Three Mills are former working mills and an island of the same name on the River Lea. It is one of London’s oldest surviving industrial centres. The mills lie in the London Borough of Newham, but despite lying on the Newham side of the Lea, access is principally from the western, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, side of the river.

Mill Meads

Quarter

Mill Meads is an area in the borough of Newham in east London, located on the border with Tower Hamlets.

Bow Locks

Locality

Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bow Locks No. 20 is a set of bi-directional locks in Bromley-by-Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Newham. The locks link the tidal Bow Creek to the River Lee Navigation, which is a canalised river.

River Lea

Type: River (intermittent)
Category: body of water
Location: Waltham Forest, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.52728° or 51° 31′ 38″ north

Longitude

-0.00717° or 0° 0′ 26″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

9C3XGXGV+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 156823153

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=river

OpenStreetMap attribute

intermittent=yes

GeoNames ID

9883960

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