- Dobbs Weir Lock
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Dobbs Weir Lock 
Looking northWaterway River Lee Navigation County Hertfordshire
EssexMaintained by British Waterways Operation Manual Length 85 feet (25.9 m) Width 16 feet (4.9 m) Fall 5 feet 1 inch (1.5 m) Distance to
Bow Creek18.3 miles (29.5 km) Distance to
Hertford Castle Weir8.0 miles (12.9 km) Geographical Data Coordinates 51°45′09″N 0°00′12″E / 51.752395°N 0.003307°ECoordinates: 51°45′09″N 0°00′12″E / 51.752395°N 0.003307°E Dobbs Weir Lock (No 6) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation near Hoddesdon.
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Location
The lock is south of the nearby Dobbs Weir, and stands close to the confluence of the Lynch Brook and the Old River Lea. To the east of the lock is the Nazeing Mead complex of lakes which incorporates part of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel.
Public access
Vehicular access via Meadgate Road from Carthagena Lock.
Walking and cycle access along the towpath that forms part of the Lea Valley Walk.
Public transport
External links
Next lock upstream River Lee Navigation Next lock downstream Feildes Weir Lock
0.7 mileDobbs Weir Lock
Grid reference: TL3826507916Carthagena Lock
0.8mileCounties Locks Hertford Lock · Ware Lock · Hardmead Lock · Stanstead Lock · Feildes Weir Lock · Dobbs Weir Lock · Carthagena Lock · Aqueduct Lock · Cheshunt Lock · Waltham Common Lock · Waltham Town Lock · Rammey Marsh Lock · Enfield Lock · Ponder's End Lock · Pickett's Lock · Stonebridge Lock · Tottenham Lock · Pond Lane Flood Gates · Old Ford Lock · Bow LocksWeirs Horns Mill Weir · Hertford Castle Weir · Hartham Weir · Ware Weir · Feildes Weir · Dobbs Weir · Carthagena Weir · Kings Weir · Newmans Weir · Middlesex Filter Beds WeirHertford Union Canal
(branch, below Old Ford)Limehouse Cut
(branch, at Bow Locks)Bow Back Rivers
(branches of the
Old River Lea)Three Mills Lock · City Mill Lock · Carpenter's Road Lock (defunct) · Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct) · Three Mills Wall River Weir
(These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)Categories:- Locks of the Lee Navigation
- Geography of Essex
- Geography of Hertfordshire
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