Course River Lea

the river viewed enfield island village

the source said @ head inside waulud s bank @ leagrave, there river lea fed houghton brook, stream starts 2 miles (3.2 km) further west in houghton regis. river flows through (or by) luton, harpenden, welwyn garden city, hertford changes small shallow river deep canal @ hertford castle weir, flows on ware, stanstead abbotts, hoddesdon, broxbourne, cheshunt, waltham abbey, enfield lock, ponders end, edmonton, chingford, tottenham, walthamstow, upper clapton, leyton, hackney wick, stratford, bromley-by-bow (past fish island), poplar, canning town , leamouth meets river thames (as bow creek). forms traditional boundary between counties of middlesex , essex, , used part of danelaw boundary. forms part of boundary between essex , hertfordshire.

a pedestrian suspension bridge spans boating lake created widened river flows through wardown park in luton.

for of distance river runs within or boundary lee valley park. between tottenham , hackney lea feeds tottenham marshes, walthamstow marshes , hackney marshes (the latter drained). in days, tottenham hotspur , leyton orient played matches football amateurs on marshes. south of hackney wick river s course split, running in man made channels (originally created power water mills, bow rivers) flowing through area once thriving industrial zone.

inside greater london below enfield lock river forms boundary former royal small arms factory, known enfield island village, housing development. downstream river joined river lee flood relief channel. man-made, concrete-banked watercourse known river lee diversion @ point passes east of pair of reservoirs: king george v reservoir @ ponders end/chingford , william girling reservoir @ edmonton known collectively chingford reservoirs; , west of banbury reservoir @ walthamstow. @ tottenham hale there connected set of reservoirs; lockwood reservoir, high maynard reservoir, low maynard reservoir, walthamstow reservoirs, east warwick reservoir , west warwick reservoir. passes 3 mills, restored tidal mill near bow.