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The River Lea (sometimes called the River Lee, and once the Ley, but that's another story) rises near Luton and runs south, reaching London near Waltham Abbey, then proceeding through northeast and east London (giving Leyton its name on the way) to flow into the River Thames at Blackwall. For much of its metropolitan course, the Lea is accompanied by the Lee Navigation, a canal built alongside the river to assist navigation, thus making the Lea the world's first dual-carriageway river.
The area around the river is called the Lea Valley, although it's not much of a valley.
The Lea is the central character in the first chapter of Iain Sinclair's book London Orbital.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Lea
- http://www.riverlee.org.uk/
- http://www.daubeney.hackney.sch.uk/riverlea/riverleaindex.html
- http://www.cofeq.free-online.co.uk/rivernations/lea.htm
- http://www.leariverstrust.co.uk/
- http://www.leasideregeneration.com/
- http://www.leamouthbridge.com/
I love the Lea. I'll write more about it when i have more time. -- Tom A
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