Lee Flood Relief Channel

The Lee Flood Relief Channel is located in the and flows between , and , east London. Work started on the channel in 1947 following major flooding and it was fully operational by 1976.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Channel
  • Description: river in England
  • Also known as: “River Lee Flood Relief Channel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills and Cheshunt railway station.

Museum
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The Royal Gunpowder Mills are a former industrial site in , England. It was one of three Royal Gunpowder Mills in the United Kingdom. Waltham Abbey is the only site to have survived virtually intact.

Railway station
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Cheshunt is an interchange station for London Overground and Greater Anglia services on the Lea Valley lines, located in in the .

Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a white-water slalom centre in the , in the , . It was constructed to host the canoe slalom events of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt.

Suburb
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is a suburban town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of , within the metropolitan and urban area of , England, 13.5 miles of .

Town
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is a town in the , in , England. It lies within the London commuter belt approximately 13 miles north of , on the and Lee Navigation, bordering the .

Town
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the , , England, located 12 miles north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, it borders to the north, to the east, and to the south.

Lee Flood Relief Channel

Latitude
51.69824° or 51° 41′ 54″ north
Longitude
-0.01328° or 0° 0′ 48″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
9C3XMXXP+7M
Geo­Names ID
10376605
Wiki­data ID
Q7337572
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Satellite Map

Discover Lee Flood Relief Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lee Flood Relief Channel” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “River Lee Flood Relief Channel”
  • Macedonian: “Канал за помош од поплави во Ли”
  • Swedish: “Lee Flood Relief Channel”
  • Swedish: “River Lee Flood Relief Channel”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Holdbrook North and Holyfield.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bowyer’s Water and Cheshunt Lake.

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