Canals · London
Hackney Cut
Hackney Cut — canal in the London Borough of Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Hackney Wick · 0.8 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Hackney Cut is a canal in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "canal in the London Borough of Hackney and Tower Hamlets". Coordinates: 51.5501°, -0.0287°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Hackney Cut is an artificial channel of the Lee Navigation built in England in 1769 by the River Lea Trustees to straighten and improve the Navigation. It begins at the Middlesex Filter Beds Weir, below Lea Bridge, and is situated in the (modern) London Borough of Hackney. When built it contained two pound locks and a half-lock, but was rebuilt to handle larger barges in the 1850s, and now only Old Ford Lock, which is actually a duplicated pair, remains.
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Background
History
The River Lea (or Lee) has a long history of use for navigation, with records indicating that the Abbot of Waltham was authorised to make improvements in 1190, and evidence for tidal gates at Bow from the reign of King Edward I, when Henry de Bedyk, the prior at Halliwell Priory and owner of the nearby tide mills, erected a structure some time before 1307. River levels were managed by flash locks or sluices, and as the volumes of traffic using the river increased, there was friction between the bargees and the millers, since use of a flash lock affected the head of water available at the adjacent mill. In 1765, the commissioners responsible for the river asked the engineer John Smeaton to…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5501, -0.0287
- District
- Hackney
- Parish
- Hackney, unparished area
- Postcode
- E9 5HW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Nearest railway station
- Hackney Wick — 0.8 km
- Official site
- www.peeruk.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q5637355 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hackney Cut (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Middlesex Filter Beds Weir-Head.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hackney Cut?
- Hackney Cut is in London, United Kingdom (postcode E9 5HW), in the parish of Hackney, unparished area.
- Is Hackney Cut free to visit?
- Yes, Hackney Cut is free to enter.
- How do I get to Hackney Cut?
- The nearest railway station is Hackney Wick, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode E9 5HW.