Summary
This is a trip of 4 miles, 3½ furlongs and 4 locks from Stanstead Abbots Bridge No 59A to Hertford Basin Winding Hole travelling west on the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee).
This will take 2 hours and 38 minutes.
Route
| Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee) | |||
| From Stanstead Abbots Bridge No 59A (Village on east bank. B181. Also known as Abbots Road Bridge No 59A) to: | |||
| Ware Town Bridge No 65
A1170
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2 miles, 2 locks | ||
| Ware Town Quay
48 hour moorings
|
2 furlongs, 0 locks | ||
| Balance Engine House
For pumping water from the Lee into the New River
|
1 mile, 2¾ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
| Hertford Basin Winding Hole
Towpath side bridge, Horse Bridge No 72, Channel leading to the River Lee
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6¾ furlongs, 1 lock | ||
Totals
Total distance is 4 miles, 3½ furlongs and 4 locks Today’s travel includes at least 1 moveable bridge.
This is made up of 4 miles, 3½ furlongs of small rivers; 4 broad locks.
This will take 2 hours and 38 minutes. For initial calculation purposes (before adjusting for such things as overnight stops) this is taken as 1 day of 2 hours and 38 minutes.
The trip can be done in under one day, so no overnight stopping places have been calculated.
