Rammey Marsh Lock

Rammey Marsh Lock
Rammey Marsh Lock looking north towards the M25 road bridge
Waterway	River Lee Navigation
County	London Borough of Enfield Greater London
Maintained by	British Waterways
Operation	Manual
First built	1864
Length	85 feet (25.9 m)
Width	16 feet (4.9 m)
Fall	3 feet 3 inches (1 m)
Distance to Bow Creek	12.3 miles (19.8 km)
Distance to Hertford Castle Weir	14.0 miles (22.5 km)
Geographic data
Coordinates	51°40′41″N 0°00′43″W / 51.678184°N 0.012073°W / 51.678184; -0.012073Coordinates: 51°40′41″N 0°00′43″W / 51.678184°N 0.012073°W / 51.678184; -0.012073

Rammey Marsh Lock (No 12) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Enfield, London, England. The area adjacent to the lock is known as Rammey Marsh and close to the River Lee Flood Relief Channel.

Etymology

Rammey Marsh is marked thus on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887, named from Ramhey 1538, Rammey 1610, probably 'island (of dry ground in marsh) where rams are pastured', from Old English ramm and ēg.^[1]^(p187)

History

The footbridge

Looking south towards the lock-keeper's house

The lock and the adjoining cut are of 1864. Across the lock tail, a reused cast- iron footbridge dated 1835.^[2]

Public access

Vehicular access only from the north via Lea Valley Walk. Which can be accessed at Lea Road.

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

Angling is allowed on the River Lee Navigation towpath downstream of Ramney Marsh Lock. Information from the River Lea Anglers Club.^[3]

Public transport

Nearest station Enfield Lock or Waltham Cross

External links

Next lock upstream	River Lee Navigation	Next lock downstream
Waltham Town Lock 0.2 mile	Rammey Marsh Lock Grid reference: TQ3742999635	Enfield Lock 0.8 mile

References

↑ Mills, Anthony David Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-19-280106-6.
↑ Cherry,B & Pevsner,N, The Buildings of England London 4: North (1998) p441 ISBN 0-14-071049-3
↑ River Lea Anglers Club Retrieved 2 December 2014

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)