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The River Lea (/ ˈ l iː / LEE) is in the East of England and Greater London. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through Hertfordshire, along the Essex border and into Greater London, to meet the River Thames at Bow Creek. It is one of the largest rivers in London and the easternmost major tributary of ...
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Walthamstow Wetlands is a 211-hectare (520-acre; 2.11 km 2) nature reserve in Walthamstow, east London, adjacent to the River Lea in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.It is focused on the Walthamstow Reservoirs, built by the East London Waterworks Company between 1853 and 1904 as part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Waltham Forest (2 C, 10 P) R. River Lea (4 C, ...
There is documentary evidence that the river was altered by the Abbot of Waltham to improve navigation in 1190, and in 1221, a pipe was laid across the river, which had to be protected from "the oars or poles of the watermen." [2] The first act of Parliament for improvement of the river, the River Lee Navigation Act 1425} (3 Hen. 6. c.
The slow-moving Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea form a freshwater habitat with one of the most diverse invertebrate fauna in Essex. Eighteen species of dragonflies and damselflies have been recorded and includes the uncommon and nationally declining white-legged damselfly. The watercourses support a rich and varied aquatic and marginal flora ...
Lea Bridge is a district in the London Borough of Hackney and the London Borough of Waltham Forest in London, England. It lies 7 miles (11.3 km) northeast of Charing Cross . The area it takes its name from a bridge built over the River Lea in either 1745 – or sometime after 1757 – and the Lea Bridge Road which leads through the area and ...
The Coppermill Stream at Tottenham. The Coppermill Stream is a short waterway near Walthamstow in the Lea Valley.Originally a minor tributary of the River Lea, the approximately 2-mile (3.2 km) long stream is now used as an aqueduct to transport water from the reservoirs in the Lea Valley to Coppermills Water Treatment Works.