Stanstead Lock
title: "Stanstead Lock" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["locks-of-the-lee-navigation", "locks-in-hertfordshire", "great-amwell"] topic_path: "general/locks-of-the-lee-navigation" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanstead_Lock" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| lock_name | Stanstead Lock |
| waterway | River Lee Navigation |
| county | Hertfordshire |
| image | Stanstead Lock.JPG |
| caption | The lock, lock-keeper's house and swing-bridge |
| operation | Manual |
| maint | Canal & River Trust |
| length | 85 ft |
| width | 16 ft |
| fall | 8 ft |
| enda | Bow Creek |
| distenda | 21.5 mi |
| endb | Hertford Castle Weir |
| distendb | 4.8 mi |
| coordinates | |
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|lock_name= Stanstead Lock |waterway= River Lee Navigation |county=Hertfordshire |image= Stanstead Lock.JPG |caption= The lock, lock-keeper's house and swing-bridge |operation=Manual |maint=Canal & River Trust |first= |length=85 ft |width=16 ft |fall=8 ft |enda=Bow Creek |distenda= 21.5 mi |endb=Hertford Castle Weir |distendb= 4.8 mi |coordinates = Stanstead Lock (No4) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation close to the villages of Stanstead Abbotts and St Margarets. The lock which incorporates a rare example of a swing-bridge, has the reputation of being one of the country's most difficult to negotiate.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Stanstead_Marina.JPG" caption="Stanstead marina viewed from the south. The Stanstead mill stream merges with the Navigation in the foreground"] ::
The lock-keeper's house is located on an island formed by a section of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel that flows through the automatic sluice gate adjacent to the lock.
Located to the south of the lock is the Stanstead marina.
Public transport
St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station
References
References
- [http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/lee06.html London canals- Stanstead lock] {{Webarchive. link. (21 June 2008 Retrieved 27 June 2008)
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