Lea Valley Walk :: Shared Description

A 53 mile long route mainly on riverside paths, linking the source near the Icknield Way Path east of the Dunstable Downs to the London Docklands. It first follows the course of the river, which is variously spelt Lee and Lea, and then after a suburban diversion from the river at Welwyn, it takes the canalised navigations from Hertford, using wherever possible green waterside corridors. It passes the numerous reservoirs that line the Lea valley through North London.
It incorporates the Upper Lea Valley Walk (9 miles and on OS mapping), the Cole Green Way west of Hertford, a multi-user trail including the route of a disused railway, and the Lee Navigation towpath.
From the source at Leagrave, suburban walking in Luton soon leads to countryside and a mainly rural stretch to Hertford where the canalised section starts, with in the same valley corridor the New River Path, also canalised, branching off earlier. Further south a series of large man-made embanked reservoirs lie to the east of the Lea, that continues into east London through marshland reserves rich in wildlife and in green spaces, finally passing close by the west side of the Olympic Park site to reach Bow Locks. From here either the Limehouse Cut or cycling routes along the Lea river can be used to reach the Thames. The short Hertford Union Canal (c. 1.5km) links the River Lea Navigations and the Regent's Canal along the southern side of Victoria Park.

by N Chadwick
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TL3808 : National Cycleway 1 by N Chadwick
TL3908 : Lea Valley Walk by N Chadwick
TL3703 : Lea Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3704 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3700 : Lea Valley Walk, Lea Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3704 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3705 : Lea Valley Walk by N Chadwick
TL3701 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3701 : Lea Valley Walk, Lea Navigation by N Chadwick
TQ3799 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TQ3799 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3703 : Lea Valley Walk, Lea Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3704 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3602 : Lea Valley Walk & Lea Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3701 : Cycle barrier, Lea Valley Walk by N Chadwick
TQ3799 : M25 over the Lea  Navigation by N Chadwick
TQ3799 : Towpath bridge, Lea Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3808 : River Lea and Cycleway 1 by N Chadwick
TL3809 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3602 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TL3212 : River Lea navigation from Bull Plain bridge, Hertford by Christopher Hilton
TL3706 : Lea Valley Walk and Navigation by N Chadwick
TQ3798 : Lea Valley Walk by N Chadwick
TL3701 : Lea Navigation and walk by N Chadwick
TL3703 : Lea Valley Walk along the Lea Navigation by N Chadwick

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Created: Sun, 28 Apr 2013, Updated: Sun, 28 Apr 2013

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