New River Path

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Legend
Hertford East Hertfordshire section New Gauge, Hertford Ware St Margarets Rye House to Cambridge Broxbourne Cheshunt to Stratford M25 motorway London section Turkey Street to Liverpool Street to Stevenage Enfield Chase Winchmore Hill Palmers Green Bowes Park former Palace Gates Alexandra Palace Wood Green Turnpike Lane Hornsey Harringay Harringay Green Lanes Stamford Hill Manor House Heritage section The Castle, Finsbury Park Canonbury Islington New River Walk Essex Road to Moorgate Angel New River Head

The grassed riverside path is restricted to use by walkers, with a few sections with hard surfaces being accessible to wheelchair users. At all path access points, safety notices are displayed which specify precautions. Users of the route are requested (by Thames Water) to keep to the path, not to interfere with wildlife, keep dogs on leads and avoid fouling, take litter home and take care crossing roads. At times, operational work needs to be carried out which may cause sections of the path to be closed temporarily.^[1]

The walk can be split into the following three sections.

The path begins at New Gauge, Hertford, and passes through the Lee Valley towns and villages of Ware, Great Amwell, St Margarets, Rye House, Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Turnford, Cheshunt and Waltham Cross.

After crossing over the M25, the path passes through four London boroughs; Enfield, Haringey, Hackney and Islington. The route of the path takes it close to the Hertford Loop Line stations of Enfield Chase, Winchmore Hill, Palmers Green, Bowes Park, Alexandra Palace, Hornsey, Harringay and Essex Road. The route is also adjacent to Harringay Green Lanes railway station, Manor House tube station, Canonbury railway station and Angel tube station.

From Clissold Park, its route along the broad verge down the centre of Petherton Road leads to Essex Road, where another redundant section of the New River's course between Canonbury and Islington town centre forms a path alongside the now shallow stream, recreated as part of a linear park known as the New River Walk. At Canonbury Road, the walk continues through a fernery to Pleasant Place, where an inscription in the pavement marks the New River's route. At Islington Green, there is a statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton; the route continues along Colebrooke Row and Duncan Terrace to the Angel, then through Owen's Field to the New River Head between Amwell Street and Rosebery Avenue. The New River's course between Balls Pond Road and Essex Road, and along Colebrooke Row up to City Road, is marked by white boulders.

The path follows the now truncated route of the watercourse to its culmination at New River Head.

• New River Path on Long Distance Walkers Association website
• The New River Path – a walk linking Hertford with Islington (guide and maps)