title: Cheshunt Lock
text: # Cheshunt Lock
  
  Cheshunt Lock (No 9) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The lock is located in the River Lee Country Park which is a part of the Lee Valley Park. The Seventy Acres Lake to the east is an important site for the bittern. To the west is North Met Pit, a mature gravel pit of 58 acres divided into two. It is another former gravel pit which is popular with anglers and naturalists.
  
  ## Public access
  
  Pedestrian and cycle access by the towpath which is part of the Lea Valley Walk.
  
  ## Public transport
  
  Cheshunt railway station
  
  | Next lock upstream | River Lee Navigation | Next lock downstream |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aqueduct Lock 1.0 mile | Cheshunt Lock Grid reference: TL3700003169 | Waltham Common Lock 1.0 mile |
  