River Lea
River Lea is a watercourse in Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest District, England. River Lea is situated nearby to the town Cheshunt, as well as near the suburb Waltham Abbey.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cheshunt railway station and Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.
Cheshunt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rubberist, Public domain.
Cheshunt is an interchange station for London Overground and Greater Anglia services on the Lea Valley lines, located in Cheshunt in the Borough of Broxbourne.
Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills
Museum
Photo: Lisle45, Public domain.
The Royal Gunpowder Mills are a former industrial site in Waltham Abbey, England. It was one of three Royal Gunpowder Mills in the United Kingdom. Waltham Abbey is the only site to have survived virtually intact.
Lee Valley White Water Centre
Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lee Valley White Water Centre is a white-water slalom centre in the Middle Lea Valley, in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. It was constructed to host the canoe slalom events of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheshunt and Waltham Abbey.
Cheshunt
Town
Photo: Northmetpit, Public domain.
Cheshunt is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, England. It lies within the London commuter belt approximately 13 miles north of Central London, on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering the Lee Valley Park.
Waltham Abbey
Suburb
Photo: Northmetpit, CC0.
Waltham Abbey is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London and is 13.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross in central London.
Waltham Cross
Town
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waltham Cross is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, located 12 miles north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, it borders Cheshunt to the north, Waltham Abbey to the east, and Enfield to the south.
River Lea
- Type: Watercourse
- Category: body of water
- Location: Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7008° or 51° 42′ 3″ northLongitude
-0.01344° or 0° 0′ 48″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C3XPX2P+8JGeoNames ID
10376606
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