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Old River Lea | |
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Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Lea Bridge |
Mouth | |
• location | River Lee Navigation and Bow Back Rivers |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 3.2 km (2.0 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.[1]
The natural channel is joined by the River Lee Flood Relief Channel, and Dagenham Brook and a number of subsidiary channels to 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, and historically the western boundary of Leyton Marshes.
See also
[edit]- List of rivers of England
- List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
- Locks and Weirs on the River Lee
- Lea Valley Walk
- Lower Lea Valley
References
[edit]- ^ "The old river lea". Baitcraft Angling Society (PGAS). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
External links
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Locks and weirs on the River Lea, England | |
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Hertford Union Canal (branch from Hackney Cut) | |
Limehouse Cut (branch, at Bow Locks) | |
Bow Back Rivers (branches of the Old River Lea) |
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