Bow Locks

Bow Locks

Infobox Waterlock
lock_name= Bow Locks


caption= Bow Locks, with Bow Creek, beyond, at low tide. Limehouse Cut begins to the right of the locks.
waterway = River Lee Navigation
county = Tower Hamlets
Greater London
operation = Mechanical
length = convert|95|ft|m|0lk=on
width = convert|19|ft|6|in|m|1
fall = tidal
maint = British Waterways
first = 1850
latest = 1930
sealevel =
endb = Hertford Castle Weir
distendb = convert|28|mi|km|1|lk=on
map_

coordinates =
lat =51.523
long = -0.0081
extra =

Bow Locks (gbmapping|TQ383824) (No20) is a set of bi-directional locks in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The locks link the tidal Bow Creek to the River Lee Navigation which is a canalised river. These locks were first built in 1850 and then rebuilt in 1930, at the same time as the Prescott Channel was cut nearby. At high tide, the tide from Bow Creek used to flow through Bow Locks to raise the level of the canals, such as the Limehouse Cut. But in 2000 these locks were modified to keep the tide out; to reduce silting in the canal system.

Public access

Pedestrian and cycle access via the towpath forms part of the Lea Valley Walk.

In 2004–05, British Waterways refurbished the historic footbridge over Bow Locks.

Public transport

External links

* [http://www.mike-stevens.co.uk/metrocuts/lee/bowlocks2.htm Bow Locks] from the late [http://www.mike-stevens.co.uk/ Mike Stevens]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/loopzilla/sets/1656094/ One Hundred Views of Bow Locks]
* [http://www.waterscape.com/news/nid183 Bow Locks footbridge re-opens]
* [http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/olympics/history/ British Waterways history of the Bow Back Rivers]
* [http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/leeintro.html The Lee Navigation - Intro and Bow Locks to Old Ford]
* [http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_06/ Tuesday Night Club]

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downstream= none
location=TQ383824


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