Ware Lock

Ware Lock (No2) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Ware. The lock stands adjacent to Ware Weir and is the only lock on the Navigation to be operated and maintained by the Environment Agency.^[1]

Ware Lock
Ware Lock
51°48′39″N 0°02′28″W
Waterway	River Lee Navigation
County	Hertfordshire
Maintained by	Environment Agency
Operation	Manual
First built	1855
Length	85 feet (25.9 m)
Width	16 feet (4.9 m)
Fall	7 feet 6 inches (2.3 m)
Distance to Bow Creek	25 miles (40 km)
Distance to Hertford Castle Weir	1.3 miles (2.1 km)

Public access

The lock stands on the River Lee Navigation towpath which forms part of the Lea Valley Walk.

Unlike most of the locks on the Lea, when travelling upstream, the temporary mooring before entering the lock is on the right-hand (starboard) side of the river, as is the mooring on leaving the lock.^{[citation needed]}

Public transport

• Ware railway station