Enfield Lock

Enfield Lock
Enfield Lock is located in Greater London
Enfield Lock
Enfield Lock
Location within Greater London
Population16,469 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ365985
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townENFIELD
Postcode districtEN3
Dialling code01992 / 020
PoliceMetropolitan
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UK Parliament
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UK
England
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51°40′07″N 0°01′34″W / 51.6686°N 0.026°W / 51.6686; -0.026

Enfield Lock is an area in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is approximately located east of the Hertford Road between Turkey Street and the Holmesdale Tunnel overpass, and extends to the River Lee Navigation, including the Enfield Island Village.[2] The locality gains its name from the lock on the River Lee Navigation. Today's Enfield Lock was rebuilt in 1922.[3] The area forms part of the Lee Valley Park and the Enfield Lock Conservation Area.[4] On its eastern boundary Enfield Lock has marshland formerly used as a testing site between the Royal Small Arms Factory and the Gunpowder Mills, beyond this is the village of Sewardstone and the Epping forest boundary. To the south is Brimsdown, the north Waltham Cross and to the west Bullsmoor and Freezywater. Enfield Lock forms part of the London boundary.

  1. ^ "Enfield Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ http://www.enfield.gov.uk/362/Enfield%20Lock.pdf[permanent dead link] Local Government Boundaries map
  3. ^ Enfield Lock - a history Retrieved 26 August 2010
  4. ^ Enfield Lock Conservation Area Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 November 2013