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Rivers and canals

Hertfordshire is a county criss-crossed by water, from the River Lea in the East to the Grand Union Canal to the West.

  • A short walk on the River Lea and Lee Navigation

    A short walk on the River Lea and Lee Navigation

    The Lea between Hertford and Ware
  • AN ANGRY RIVER BEANE

    AN ANGRY RIVER BEANE

    Watton at Stone - The Flood of 1968
  • ASPECTS OF WATTON AT STONE (1)

    ASPECTS OF WATTON AT STONE (1)

    Watton and the Beane
  • Canal Boats

    Canal Boats

    Wigginton Parish
  • Cassiobury Park, Canal, River, Watford Springtime

    Cassiobury Park, Canal, River, Watford Springtime

  • Dobbs Weir

    Dobbs Weir

    Photo 2007
  • Last year view from my back garden of the River Beane

    Last year view from my back garden of the River Beane

    Why fell trees with no thought for birds
  • Lee Valley Boat Centre

    Lee Valley Boat Centre

    Boating on River Lee
  • Mystery Location

    Mystery Location

    Do you recognise this place?
  • Pictures of a Waterway

    Pictures of a Waterway

    Do you recognise these locations?
  • River Lee, Lea, (or Ley) ?

    River Lee, Lea, (or Ley) ?

    A very old controversy
  • Sacred Wells and Springs of Hertfordshire

    Sacred Wells and Springs of Hertfordshire

    At one time, Hertfordshire had a name for being a healthy county. According to Thomas Fuller in 1662, “men commonly ...
  • The Amphibious Caravan

    The Amphibious Caravan

    on the River Lea, Broxbourne
  • The Dispute Over the Marshes

    The Dispute Over the Marshes

    A 600-year border feud
  • The Gazebos of Ware

    The Gazebos of Ware

    Along the Lea River
  • The Grand Union Canal - Boxmoor to Berkhamsted Walk

    The Grand Union Canal - Boxmoor to Berkhamsted Walk

    Barging about at Easter
  • The Making of the Bargee: With Harry H. Corbett and Ronnie Barker

    The Making of the Bargee: With Harry H. Corbett and Ronnie Barker

    An Eye Witness Account
  • The New River

    The New River

    Hertfordshire water for London
  • The River Lea at Ware

    The River Lea at Ware

    Early Memories
  • The River Mimram

    The River Mimram

    An old river
  • The River Ver A Meander through Time by Jacqui Banfield-Taylor

    The River Ver A Meander through Time by Jacqui Banfield-Taylor

    New book to be published 27 July
  • Unidentified Lock

    Unidentified Lock

    Do you recognise it?
  • Unidentified Lock

    Unidentified Lock

    Do you recognise it?
  • Ware Boat Festival 2013

    Ware Boat Festival 2013

    Messing about on the river!
  • Walks along the New River

    Walks along the New River (6)

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