Dobbs Weir Lock

Dobbs Weir Lock
Looking north
Waterway	River Lee Navigation
County	Hertfordshire Essex
Maintained by	British Waterways
Operation	Manual
Length	85 feet (25.9 m)
Width	16 feet (4.9 m)
Fall	5 feet 1 inch (1.5 m)
Distance to Bow Creek	18.3 miles (29.5 km)
Distance to Hertford Castle Weir	8.0 miles (12.9 km)
Coordinates	51°45′09″N 0°00′12″E / 51.752395°N 0.003307°E / 51.752395; 0.003307Coordinates: 51°45′09″N 0°00′12″E / 51.752395°N 0.003307°E / 51.752395; 0.003307

Dobbs Weir Lock (No 6) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation near Hoddesdon.

Location

The lock is south of the nearby Dobbs Weir, and stands close to the confluence of the Lynch Brook and the Old River Lea. To the east of the lock is the Nazeing Mead complex of lakes which incorporates part of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel.

Public access

Vehicular access via Meadgate Road from Carthagena Lock.

Walking and cycle access along the towpath that forms part of the Lea Valley Walk.

Public transport

Broxbourne railway station

External links

Next lock upstream	River Lee Navigation	Next lock downstream
Feildes Weir Lock 0.7 mile	Dobbs Weir Lock Grid reference: TL3826507916	Carthagena Lock 0.8mile

Locks and Weirs on the River Lea, England

Counties	Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Essex Greater London

Locks	Hertford Lock Ware Lock Hardmead Lock Stanstead Lock Feildes Weir Lock Dobbs Weir Lock Carthagena Lock Aqueduct Lock Cheshunt Lock Waltham Common Lock Waltham Town Lock Rammey Marsh Lock Enfield Lock Ponder's End Lock Pickett's Lock Stonebridge Lock Tottenham Lock Pond Lane Flood Gates Old Ford Lock Bow Locks

Weirs	Horns Mill Weir Hertford Castle Weir Hartham Weir Ware Weir Feildes Weir Dobbs Weir Carthagena Weir Kings Weir Newmans Weir Middlesex Filter Beds Weir

Hertford Union Canal (branch from Hackney Cut)	Hertford Union Bottom Lock No. 3 Hertford Union Middle Lock No. 2 Hertford Union Top Lock No. 1 Regent's Canal

Limehouse Cut (branch, at Bow Locks)	Bromley Stop Lock Britannia Stop Lock Limehouse Basin

Bow Back Rivers (branches of the Old River Lea)	Three Mills Lock City Mill Lock Carpenter's Road Lock (Under restoration, est. completion March 2017) Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct) Three Mills Wall River Weir (These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)

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