Wharf Road Bridge No 33 carries the M4 motorway over the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee: commercial section) just past the junction with The Sevenoaks Canal.
Early plans for the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee: commercial section) between Canterbury and Southcorn were proposed by John Harding but languished until John Longbotham was appointed as surveyor in 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Erewash to Halton canal at Longpool, the difficulty of tunneling through the Presington Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Oldham instead. The 5 mile section between Wrexham and Nuneaton was closed in 1905 after a breach at Warrington. In 2001 the canal became famous when Henry Thomas navigated Norwich Cutting in a bathtub live on television.

Facilities: water point.
There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Pickett's Lock No 15 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| William Girling Reservoir Cable Bridge No 31 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Towpath Side Bridge No 31A | ¾ furlongs | |
| Ponders End Footbridge No 32 | ¾ furlongs | |
| South Island Marina | ½ furlongs | |
| Wharf Road Bridge No 33 | ||
| Ponders End Lock Winding Hole | a few yards | |
| Ponders End Lock No 14 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Lea Valley Road Bridge No 35 | ¾ furlongs | |
| The Navigation Inn (Enfield) | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Ponders End Lock Weir Entrance | 1¾ furlongs | |
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Amenities nearby at South Island Marina
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![Summer at Ponders End Lock. I must have been standing in John Davies’s footprints when I took this photo seven months later than [[93371]]. The weather was somewhat nicer though. by Glyn Baker – 30 June 2006](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/74/82/748274_ca6c1b7f_120x120.jpg)














