I shall be leading a walk down the Lea Valley towpath at the end of May. As part of the Walk London weekend there will be a five mile guided walk along the Lea Valley Walk route starting at Tottenham Hale and ending at Three Mills near Bromley-by-Bow underground station. The section of the Lea [...]
Ten detailed information boards have been placed in the grounds of Waltham Abbey giving information about the very first pre-Conquest church, the founding of the monastery, historic events and the closure of the community by King Henry VIII. The magnificent abbey church has survived as the town’s parish church. An unveiling was performed by the Lord [...]
News that today’s issue of The Times is the first to be officially printed at Broxbourne may have puzzled some who think that they know the Lee Valley well. This claim is not quite accurate just as reports that the Olympic canoe events were to be at Broxbourne were also misleading. The canoe course is [...]
The surprise news today is that the Olympic canoe events will not be at Broxbourne but alongside Waltham Lock. The new site is the large grass area immediately west of the river and known as Cheshunt Marsh or the Lee Valley Showground. Walkers from the north often use it as a short cut to Waltham [...]