Southwark Lib Dem councillor James Barber is not happy about every household having to pay £3 a year with the council tax to maintain the Lea Valley Park -or the Lee Valley Regional Park to use the official name. He says that it looks a lovely park from pictures for those that live near it. […]

Olympic benefits will soon be seen. A waterbus serving the Olympic Park will be launched by next spring says British Waterways. Water Chariots will operate the service between Old Ford Lock and Limehouse Basin with a pick up stop at Three Mills. City Mill Lock is being restored for the Olympic Games. A new lock […]

Diamond Geezer has  a good piece this week on visiting the Olympic water centre near Waltham Abbey. He says that the best view is from the Lea Valley Walk and the nearest station is Theobalds Grove.

At major stage has been reached at the Olympic water centre close to Waltham Abbey. The Waltham Forest Guardian has the first pictures. See page

Jim Lewis is the Lea Valley historian who has written several very interesting and useful books. His latest paperback is particularly welcome as we see the Bow Back Rivers become the Olympic focus for 2012. From Eton Manor To The Olympics: More Lea Valley secrets revealed (Libri Publishing; £9.99) looks at the Eton College connection […]

“I was attracted to Waltham Abbey by the exciting diversity of the benefice, by the history of worship at the Abbey over 950 years and by the fact that so much good work is already going on here,” says the new rector Peter Smith. He is the successor to the abbots of Waltham and has […]

Early notice for the Heritage Open Days in September has been given by the Lee Valley Park. The gateway of Rye House will be open free of charge on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 September from 11am to 4pm free of the usual admission charge. You can climb up on to the roof and inspect the […]

The Olympic Delivery Authority has released pictures of the White Water Centre on Cheshunt Marsh near Waltham Abbey. It is due to be completed in the autumn and open for public use next April. The London Olympics will take place 15 months later. See page 89.

It looks as if an Olympic legacy will be a better southern ending for the Lea Valley Walk. Indeed it will mean a return to the original climax to the route. The Lea River Park, as the River Lea south of the Olympic Park is being called, appears to have escaped government cuts. At present […]

It’s the Spring into Summer Walk London weekend coming up and on Saturday 22 May there is a long stretch of the Lea Valley Walk included in the programme. The ambitious day starts at Cheshunt Station just outside London at 11am. A leader will take the party twelve miles south on the Lea Valley Walk […]