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Stanstead Lock

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County
  
Hertfordshire

Operation
  
Manual

Distance to Hertford Castle Weir
  
4.8 miles (7.7 km)

Width
  
4.88 m

Maintained by
  
British Waterways

Distance to Bow Creek
  
21.5 miles (34.6 km)

Length
  
26 m

Waterway
  
Lee Navigation

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Fall
  
8 feet 4 inches (2.5 m)

Similar
  
Hardmead Lock, Hertford Lock, Waltham Common Lock, Carthagena Lock, Aqueduct Lock

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.

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Location

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

Stanstead Lock Wikipedia