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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