The navigable River Stort starts at Bishop’s Stortford and travels down to its junction with the River Lee at Roydon. There are no arms or other navigable waterways off the River Stort.
All locks on this river are 13 feet wide; this is unusual as it is wider than a normal narrowbeam lock but not as wide as normal broadbeam canal locks.The River Stort was never a significant commercial success but, fortunately for boaters, remains open to this day. It is an extremely pretty river and can get very narrow and bendy in places.
The river was opened to navigation in 1769 and had had various owners over the years and became part of the Lee Conservancy in 1911.
It is felt that if the proposed link from Bishop’s Stortford to Cambridge was ever built it would have been a prosperous waterway affording access from the Fens down to London.
The navigable River Stort is 14 miles long and has 15 locks. The numbering starts at number 1 at Bishops Stortford down to 15 near the confluence with the River Lee,
Lock 1 - South Mill lock (5' 5")
Lock 2 - Twyford lock (7' 0")
Lock 3 - Spellbrook lock (6' 0")
Lock 4 - Tednambury lock (5' 9")
Lock 5 - Sawbridgeworth lock (7' 5")
Lock 6 - Sheering Mill lock (5' 8")
Lock 7 - Feakes lock (6' 0")
Lock 8 - Harlow Mill lock (8' 9")
Lock 9 - Latton lock (6' 0")
Lock 10 - Burnt Mill lock (4' 1")
Lock 11 - Parndon Mill lock (7' 0")
Lock 12 - Hunsden Mill lock (7' 0")
Lock 13 - Roydon lock (6' 0")
Lock 14 - Brick lock (6' 3")
Lock 15 - Lower lock (3' 9")
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