Bow Locks

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Bow Locks
Bow Locks, with the Bow Creek at low tide
Waterway	River Lee Navigation
County	Greater London
Maintained by	British Waterways
Operation	Mechanical
First built	1850
Latest built	1930
Length	95'
Width	19' 6"
Distance to Hertford Castle Weir	28 miles

Bow Locks (grid reference TQ383824) is a set of bi-directional locks that link the tidal Bow Creek to the River Lee Navigation which is a canalised river. These locks were first built in 1850 and then rebuilt in 1930, at the same time as the Prescott Channel was cut nearby. At high tide, the tide from Bow Creek used to flow through Bow Locks to raise the level of the canals, such as the Limehouse Cut. But in 2000 these locks were modified to keep the tide out.

In 2004 and 2005 British Waterways refurbished the historic footbridge over Bow Locks.

[edit] References

• Bow Locks from the late Mike Stevens
• One Hundred Views of Bow Locks
• Bow Locks footbridge re-opens
• British Waterways history of the Bow Back Rivers
• The Lee Navigation - Intro and Bow Locks to Old Ford
• Tuesday Night Club

Next lock upstream	River Lee Navigation	Next lock downstream
Old Ford Lock miles	Bow Locks Grid reference: TQ383824	none

Coordinates: 51°31′23″N 0°00′29″W / 51.5230, -0.0081