River Lee Country Park - Lakes

Lakes

The following are some of the larger waters that can be visited in the park. Some of them form the Turnford and Cheshunt Pits SSSI.

  • Bowyers Water. Believed to be hand dug in the 1920s, and one of the oldest lakes in the Lee Valley.TL3664401519
  • Cheshunt Lake. Home of the Herts Young Mariners. TL3682002633
  • Friday Lake A carp fishery. TL3699002004
  • Hall Marsh Scrape. The lake was specifically constructed for the use by wildfowl. TL3710701742
  • Holyfield Lake. The 180 acres (73 ha) lake incorporates part of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel. TL3736604898
  • Hooks Marsh Lake The over- wintering bittern can be found here between December and March. TL3717502523
  • North Metropolitan. Better known as North Met Pit. Due to the many islands and inlets, the lake has an estimated shoreline of 4 miles (6.4 km). TL3679403257
  • Seventy Acres Lake. The bittern and the otter can be seen here. TL3742203097
  • Turnford Pits.TL3701204955 Small relics of unimproved grassland that preceded gravel extraction can be found adjacent to the lakes.

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