Bromley Stop Lock

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Bromley Stop Lock
The remains of the Bromley Stop Lock, can be seen amongst the weeds in the bank beyond the 'floating' towpath.
Waterway	Limehouse Cut
County	Tower Hamlets Greater London
Maintained by	N/A
Operation	Redundant
Fall	Stop lock
Distance to Old Ford Lock	0.25 miles (0.4 km)
Distance to Limehouse Basin	1.75 miles (2.8 km)
Geographic data
Coordinates	51°31′19″N 0°00′35″W / 51.521857°N 0.009832°W / 51.521857; -0.009832Coordinates: 51°31′19″N 0°00′35″W / 51.521857°N 0.009832°W / 51.521857; -0.009832

The Bromley Stop Lock, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, was a single-gate lock that could be closed to cut off a section of canal for maintenance. The lock gate was situated near the junction of Limehouse Cut and the River Lee Navigation, by Bow Locks. The gate would normally sit in a slot on the southern bank of the canal and only be used when needed.

Stop locks were initially installed where there was a change of canal ownership to prevent the loss of water from one canal to another. Bow Locks were originally tidal, i.e. not a falling lock. They would be opened at high tide to fill the Limehouse Cut and to maintain navigation in the River Lee Navigation. This gate could be closed should anything go wrong with the process to maintain the level of the Cut, at the level in Limehouse Basin.

Today, the gate is redundant and very little of it remains within a patch of weeds, behind the modern floating tow-path. The far bank has been reconstructed and there is little indication of the size of this predominantly wooden gate.

Public access

Pedestrian and cycle access via the towpath which forms part of the Lea Valley Walk

Public transport

The nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Devons Road.

External links

Site of Britannia Stop Lock No 20 (Canalplan AC Gazetteer)

v t e 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)	Old Ford Lower Lock Old Ford Middle Lock Old Ford Upper Lock 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 (defunct) 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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