Lee and Stort Navigation (River Stort - Main Line)
The Lee and Stort Navigation (River Stort - Main Line) is a small river and is part of the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Stort).
It runs for 13 miles and 2½ furlongs through 15 locks from Rye House Junction (where it joins the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee)) to Causeway Bridge (Bishop's Stortford) (beyond which it is no longer navigable).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 88 feet long and 13 feet and 3 inches wide. The maximum headroom is 6 feet and 11 inches. The maximum draught is 4 feet and 1 inch.
It has a junction with the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Stort - Roydon Marina Branch) at Roydon Marina Entrance.
The waterway passes through Bishop's Stortford
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 63M - Lee and Stort Navigations Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Rye House Junction Junction of Rivers Stort and Lee |
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| Towpath Side Bridge No 2 | 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Roydon Lower Lock No 15 | 3 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Roydon Marina Entrance Entrance to Roydon Marina |
4¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Brick Lock Arm | 6¾ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Brick Lock No 14 | 7 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Roydon Mill Road Bridge No 5 | 1 mile and 1½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Roydon Mill Arm | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Roydon Visitor Moorings 14 day moorings |
1 mile and 3 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Roydon Road Bridge No 6 | 1 mile and 3½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Roydon Railway Bridge No 7 | 1 mile and 5 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Roydon Lock Winding Hole | 1 mile and 6 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Roydon Lock No 13 With Lock Bridge No 8 |
1 mile and 6 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Hunsdon Mill Lock Winding Hole | 2 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hunsdon Mill Lock No 12 With Lock Bridge No 10 |
2 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Hunsdon Mill Lock Weir Entrance | 2 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Cinders Bridge No 11 | 3 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 12 | 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 13 | 3 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Eastwick Road Winding Hole | 3 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Parndon Lock No 11 With Lock Bridge No 14 |
4 miles | 4 locks | |
| Parndon Mill Arm | 4 miles and ¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Harlow Footbridge No 15 With pipe bridges on both sides |
4 miles and 1½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Burnt Mill Bridge No 16 | 4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Harlow Outdoor Pursuits Centre | 4 miles and 4 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Burnt Mill Lane Bridge No 17 | 4 miles and 4½ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Burnt Mill Lock No 10 C&RT key needed to operate lock gates, windlass for the paddles |
4 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Burnt Mill Lock Arm No access. Crossed by Towpath Bridge No 17A |
4 miles and 5 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Burnt Mill Visitor Moorings | 4 miles and 5 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| The Moorhen PH Hungry Horse |
4 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Moorhen Marina Services | 4 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Burnt Mill Marina With Lift Bridge No 17B |
4 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Bailey Bridge No 18 | 5 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Latton Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
5 miles and 4½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Latton Lock No 9 With Lock Bridge No 20 |
5 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Latton Lock Weir Entrances Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
5 miles and 6 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Harlow Footbridge No 21 | 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Harlow Lock Weir Exit Mill stream exits behind Harlow Mill Island |
6 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Back Water Exit No access.Towpath side bridge No 22 |
6 miles and 5½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Harlow Lock No 8 | 6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Harlow Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Harlow Mill Visitor Moorings 48 hour moorings |
6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Harlow Road Bridge No 24 | 6 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Footbridge and Spillway Weir Exit - No Access |
6 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Footbridge No 25 A brook flows into the navigation - No Access. |
6 miles and 7 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Footbridge and Weir Entrance No 1 No Access |
6 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Footbridge and Weir Entrance No 2 This weir joins the one adjacent to it on its way to the back water - No Access. |
6 miles and 7½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Footbridge No 25A This is a tow-path footbridge over a side stream - No Access. |
6 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Footbridge No 26 The Pincey Brook flows into the navigation - No Access. |
7 miles and 2 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Pisheobury Drive Winding Hole | 7 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| River Stort Junction The River Stort flows into the navigation here. |
7 miles and 4 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Feakes Lock No 7 With Lock Footbridge No 27 |
7 miles and 4 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Feakes Lock Field Footbridge No 28 | 7 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 29 | 7 miles and 5 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 30 | 7 miles and 5 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Lower Sheering Arm Junction With Towpath Bridge No 31 |
7 miles and 7 furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 32 | 7 miles and 7½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Sheering Mill Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
7 miles and 7½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Sheering Mill Bridge No 33 | 7 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Sheering Mill Lock No 6 | 7 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Sheering Mill Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir |
7 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sheering Mill Lock Basin | 8 miles | 10 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 34 | 8 miles and ½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Riverside CafĂ© | 8 miles and ¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sawbridgeworth Station Arm Junction Private moorings |
8 miles and 1 furlong | 10 locks | |
| Station Road Bridge No 35 | 8 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sawbridgeworth Visitor Moorings 14 day moorings. There are more visitor moorings above Sawbridgeworth Lock. |
8 miles and 1½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sawbridgeworth Lock Weir Exit | 8 miles and 2 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sawbridgeworth Lock No 5 With Lock Bridge No 36 |
8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Sawbridgeworth Lock Weir Entrance | 8 miles and 2½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Kecksy's Farm Wharf | 8 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Kecksy's Farm Footbridge | 8 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Kecksy's Railway Bridge No 37 | 8 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 38 Overflow weir |
9 miles | 11 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 39 Overflow weir |
9 miles and 2 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Tednambury Lock Weir Exit With Bridge No 40. Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
9 miles and 4 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Tednambury Lock No 4 With Lock Footbridge No 41 |
9 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Little Hallingbury Mill Arm Junction Channel leading to Little Hallingbury Mill Hotel, WildHart Restaurant and Hallingbury Marina |
9 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Spellbrook Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
10 miles and 2 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Spellbrook Lane Bridge No 43 | 10 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Spellbrook Lock No 3 | 10 miles and 2½ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Spellbrook Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access |
10 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Hallingbury Footbridge No 44 | 10 miles and 5½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 45 | 11 miles and 2 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 46 | 11 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Matchstick Footbridge No 47 | 11 miles and 3 furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Twyford Lock Weir Exit With lock landing stage - No Access |
11 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Pig Lane Bridge No 48 | 11 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Twyford Lock No 2 With Footbridge No 48A |
11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Twyford Lock Landing Stage (above lock) | 11 miles and 4½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Twyford Lock Weir Entrance No Access |
11 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Hallingbury Road Winding Hole | 12 miles | 14 locks | |
| South Mill Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
12 miles and 1½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| South Mill Lock No 1 With Footbridge No 49 |
12 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| South Mill Lock Weir Entrance Channel leading to the Weir - No Access. Towpath bridge No 49A crosses the weir. |
12 miles and 3 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Railway Bridge No 49B | 12 miles and 3½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Tanner's Wharf | 12 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| London Road Bridge No 50 | 12 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| River Stort Mill Junction Channel leading to the Mill - No Access. |
12 miles and 5½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Bishop's Stortford Station Footbridge No 51 | 12 miles and 7 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| The Rivermill Chinese restaurant |
12 miles and 7 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Bishop's Stortford Pipe Bridge | 12 miles and 7½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Phipps Yard | 13 miles and ¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Site of Swan Dock Infilled and built upon |
13 miles and ½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Bishop's Stortford Services | 13 miles and 1 furlong | 15 locks | |
| Station Road Bridge No 52 | 13 miles and 1 furlong | 15 locks | |
| Bishop's Stortford Visitor Moorings | 13 miles and 1½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| The Port Jackson PH Wetherspoon |
13 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Bishop's Stortford Arm Leads to Terminus Basin (Infilled). |
13 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Causeway Bridge (Bishop's Stortford) Head of Navigation |
13 miles and 2½ furlongs | 15 locks |
- Facebook Page — associated with Brick Lock No 14
- Moorhen | Hungry Horse — associated with The Moorhen PH
- Hallingbury Marina — associated with Little Hallingbury Mill Arm Junction
- The Port Jackson pub — associated with The Port Jackson PH
- Moorhen Marina :: Waterside Moorings — associated with Burnt Mill Marina
- Roydon Lock House Facebook Group — associated with Roydon Lock No 13
- Roydon Lock House Facebook Group
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