Moorings on the Lee & Stort Navigation

The Lee & Stort Navigation comprises two linked rivers running 72 kilometres through East London, Hertfordshire and Essex: the River Lee (often spelled 'Lea') from Limehouse Basin on the Thames northward through Hackney, Tottenham, Enfield, Cheshunt, Hoddesdon and Ware to Hertford, and the River Stort branching east at Hoddesdon through Sawbridgeworth and Harlow to Bishop's Stortford. Managed by the Canal & River Trust, the navigation passes through the Lee Valley Regional Park — a 26-mile-long green corridor that brought the Olympic Park and surrounding regeneration to East London. For boat owners, the Lee offers an unusual mix: gritty inner-city London at the southern end, leafy Lee Valley Park through Edmonton and Enfield, and proper Hertfordshire countryside around Ware and Hertford. The Stort is rural throughout, with a string of small towns and pretty lock cottages. Long-stay moorings are available at Limehouse Basin (a sea-going marina at the Thames junction), Springfield Marina (Tottenham), Stanstead Abbotts, Hertford Marina, Roydon Marina Village and Sawbridgeworth Maltings. The Lee is one of London's main residential boating routes, with strong demand and tight CRT mooring rules. Liveaboards enjoy excellent transport — the Olympic Stadium, Westfield Stratford, Tottenham Hale and direct trains to Liverpool Street, Cambridge and beyond.