River Lee Country Park
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The River Lee Country Park is located in the Lee Valley Park and is managed by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. Covering 1,000 acres (400 ha) on either side of the River Lee Navigation between Waltham Abbey and Broxbourne, it is an area of lakes, watercourses, open spaces and three Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) linked by footpaths and cycle tracks.
The site straddles the Hertfordshire/Essex boundary.
Since the 1930s the area which was originally part of the River Lea flood plain has been the centre of the sand and gravel industry, as a result there are many mature gravel pits. Some of the lakes were used for land fill purposes. In a joint effort by the St Albans Sand and Gravel Co Ltd and the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority the area has been transformed, with much of the park a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [1]
Olympics 2012
The park at the Showground site, Highbridge Street A121, Waltham Cross was the chosen venue for the 2012 Olympics canoeing events. The site is now known as the Lee Valley White Water Centre.
Watercourses
- Cornmill Stream, flows from the Lea at Fishers Green to rejoin the Lea at Waltham Abbey.
- Millhead Stream, flows through the former Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey.
- River Lea
- River Lee Flood Relief Channel, the Channel incorporates the former Horsemill Stream close to Waltham Abbey.
- River Lee Navigation
- Small River Lea
