River Lea

The River Lea is a river in the East of England and Greater London. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through Hertfordshire, along the Essex border and into Greater London, to meet the River Thames at Bow Creek.

Places of Interest

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

Cheshunt railway station

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 Cheshunt in the Borough of Broxbourne.

Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills

Museum

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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

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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

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Waltham Abbey is a suburban town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England, 13.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross.

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″ north

Longitude

-0.01344° or 0° 0′ 48″ west

Elevation

72 feet (22 metres)

Open location code

9C3XPX2P+8J

GeoNames ID

10376606

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