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Old River Lea River Country United Kingdom Source - location Lea Bridge Mouth - location River Lee Navigation and Bow Back Rivers - elevation 0 m (0 ft) Length 3.2 km (2 mi) The Old River Lea is the former natural channel of the River Lea below Lea Bridge, in the London Borough of Hackney. The Old River forms a large meander from the Middlesex Filter Beds Weir to rejoin the main channel of the River Lee Navigation below Old Ford Lock, just west of the 2012 Olympic stadium.
The natural channel is joined by the River Lee Flood Relief Channel, and Dagenham Brook and a number of subsidiary channels form the semi-tidal Bow Back Rivers, discharging into Bow Creek.
The natural channel forms the boundary between the London Boroughs of Hackney and Waltham Forest; and forms the eastern boundary of Hackney Marshes.
See also
- List of rivers in England
- List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
- Locks and Weirs on the River Lee
- Lea Valley Walk
- Lower Lea Valley
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Counties: Bedfordshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Greater London · Mouth: River Thames
Settlements: Luton · Harpenden · Wheathampstead · Welwyn Garden City · Hertford · Ware · Stanstead Abbotts · Hoddesdon · Broxbourne · Cheshunt
Waltham Abbey · Ponders End · Edmonton · Tottenham · Upper Clapton · Hackney Wick · Stratford · Bromley-by-Bow · Canning Town · Leamouth
Major tributaries: River Ash · River Beane · River Ching · River Mimram · River Moselle · River Rib · River Stort
Minor tributaries: Bayford Brook · Broxbourne Mill Stream · Cobbins Brook · Coppermill Stream · Cornmill Stream • Cuffley Brook · Dagenham Brook ·
Hackney Brook · Millhead Stream • Pymmes Brook · Rags Brook • River Lynch · Salmons Brook
Small River Lea & Turnford Brook · Spital Brook · Theobalds Brook · Turkey Brook · Woollens Brook · Wormleybury BrookCounties 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)Coordinates: 51°32′17″N 0°1′11″W / 51.53806°N 0.01972°W
Categories:- Rivers of London
- Geography of Tower Hamlets
- Geography of Newham
- Geography of Hackney
- Tributaries of the River Thames
- River Lea
- London geography stubs
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