Location
The lock-keeper's cottage stands on an island formed by a section of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel which flows through an automatic sluice gate adjacent to the lock.
To the east of the lock is the Amwell Quarry nature reserve a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a section of the Old River Lea known as the Amwell Magna Fishery where it merges with its tributary the River Ash .
The New River flows close by to the west.
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