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Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (St. Thomas Creek)

 
 

Early plans for the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (St. Thomas Creek) between Waveney and St Albans were proposed by Thomas Clarke but languished until James Brindley was appointed as engineer in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Macclesfield. Expectations for pottery traffic to Colchester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Sumerlease and Polecester was obliterated by the building of the Kirklees bypass in 1972. In 2001 the canal became famous when Cecil Jones made a model of Wigan Tunnel out of matchsticks to raise money for Children in Need.

Information about the waterway

The Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (St. Thomas Creek) is a broad canal and is part of the Lee and Stort Navigation (Bow Back Rivers). It runs for 2¾ furlongs through 1 lock from Lea - St. Thomas Creek Junction (where it joins the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee: commercial section)) to Waterworks River - Three Mills Wall River Junction (where it joins the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Three Mills Wall River) and the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Waterworks River)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 95 feet long and 20 feet wide. The maximum headroom is 7 feet and 3 inches. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (City Mill River) at St. Thomas Creek - City Mill Junction.

Also known as Bow Back River.

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust  0303 040 4040
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Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:

Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Lea - St. Thomas Creek Junction
Junction of the River Lea with St. Thomas Creek Towpath Bridge No 5A
Cook's Road Bridge No 2 ½ furlongs 0 locks
Legacy Wharf 1 furlong 0 locks
Marshgate Corner 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
Marshgate Lane Bridge No 3 1½ furlongs 0 locks
St. Thomas Creek - City Mill Junction
Junction of the St. Thomas Creek with the City Mill River		 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
City Mill Lock 2½ furlongs 0 locks
Blaker Road Bridge 2½ furlongs 1 lock
Waterworks River - Three Mills Wall River Junction 2¾ furlongs 1 lock
 
 
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Navigational Notes

There is no mooring or stopping permitted on St. Thomas Creek.

 
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[Lee Navigation] to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its last Bow Locks. The Lee Navigation is named by Acts of Parliament and is so marked [Bow Back Rivers] History of the Lee and Stort Navigation. Richard Thomas. Thomas, Richard (2010a). Bow Back Rivers. History of the Lee and Stort Navigation. Richard Thomas [River Lea] Hertfordshire and Essex, known as the Lee Navigation. This stimulated much industry along its banks. The navigable River Stort, a main tributary, joins it at [Bow Creek (London)] Bridge and Ironbridge Tavern — A Chronology — Bow Creek/River Lea British Waterways history of the Bow Back Rivers The Lee Navigation - Intro and Bow Locks [Limehouse Cut] Traders on the Lee and Stort Rivers". Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser. 20 February 1864. "The River Lee Navigation". Hertford [Widebeam] (south of Leighton Buzzard), the Regents Canal and the Lee Navigation will be unable to travel up the river Stort (a tributary of the Lea), unless its maximum [Lea Valley Walk] Bromley-by-Bow. The river forks at Bow Locks with the Lee Navigation joining the tidal section of the river known as the Bow Back Rivers through Bow Creek to its [Bow Locks] locks link the tidal Bow Creek to the River Lee Navigation, which is a canalised river. These locks were first built in 1850 and then rebuilt in 1930 [List of canals of the United Kingdom] navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation) as well as "completely" artificial canals (e.g. Rochdale Canal). Bedford and Milton [Geography of London] area started with navigation works on the Lea and Stort from 1424 onwards, leading to the River Lee Navigation and Bow Back Rivers. Initially used for
 
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