Pickett's Lock (lock)

Pickett's Lock
Looking south at the lock and the lock-keeper's cottage
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51°37′34″N 0°01′57″W / 51.62608°N 0.032449°W / 51.62608; -0.032449
WaterwayRiver Lee Navigation
CountyLondon Borough of Enfield
Greater London
Maintained byCanal & River Trust
OperationManual
First built1855
Length95 feet (29 m)
Width19 feet 6 inches (5.9 m)
Fall6 feet 5 inches (2 m)
Distance to
Bow Creek
10.5 miles (16.9 km)
Distance to
Hertford Castle Weir
17.5 miles (28.2 km)

Pickett's Lock (No 15) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation in the London Borough of Enfield, England and is located near Edmonton, London. It gives its name to the surrounding area of Picketts Lock. In common with other locks as far upstream as Ponder's End Lock it is large enough to take barges of up to 130 tons. However it has not been upgraded to power operation and so it must be manually operated. It has gate paddles but these do not have gate baffles to mitigate the rush of water into the lock.