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 […]

It is good to see that the Lea Valley Walk appears in the Ramblers’ Association’s Top Ten River Walks published in The Sunday Telegraph. The route comes in at number five and the sample section chosen is Tottenham Hale to Three Mills near Bromley-by-Bow which includes the Olympic Park. Also featured in the top ten […]

There are interesting reports of sewage seen from the towpath and “vile smells” from the river. This is just a couple miles from the Olympic Park. Sam Amalemba, speaking at the Lee Valley Canoe and Cycle Centre near Stonebridge Lock says: “It is not as bad in the north of the river as it is […]

Walkers on the Lea Valley Walk will be able to see a new village being built during the next five years on the edge of London. It will include a handy hotel. The environmentally sustainable Hale Village in Tottenham is being modelled on the waterside Hammarby district of Stockholm. Tottenham’s own twelve acre site is […]

Cicerone who publish The Lea Valley Walk guide has launched the Cicerone Forum, e-newsletter and blog.  To explore the website which shows the full range of guides and gives access to recent newsletters and the blog go to http://www.ciceronepress.co.uk

The Waters Edge pub at Stonebridge Lock has reopened as the Lee Valley Canoe & Cycle Centre.  But even better news for walkers is that the part of the building is selling tea, coffee and biscuits on Wednesdays to Sundays 11am-6pm. This is proving very popular since the nearby new cafe is only open some […]