Stanstead Lock

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{{Infobox Waterlock

|lock_name= Stanstead Lock

|waterway= River Lee Navigation

|county=Hertfordshire

|image= Stanstead Lock.JPG

|caption= The lock, lock-keeper's house and swing-bridge

|operation=Manual

|maint=Canal & River Trust

|first=

|length={{convert|85|ft|m|1}}

|width={{convert|16|ft|m|1}}

|fall={{convert|8|ft|4|in|1}}

|enda=Bow Creek

|distenda= {{convert|21.5|mi|km|1}}

|endb=Hertford Castle Weir

|distendb= {{convert|4.8|mi|km|1}}

|coordinates = {{coord|51.790953|0.000131|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

}}

Stanstead Lock (No4) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation close to the villages of Stanstead Abbotts and St Margarets. The lock which incorporates a rare example of a swing-bridge, has the reputation of being one of the country's most difficult to negotiate.[http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/lee06.html London canals- Stanstead lock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621175257/http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/lee06.html |date=21 June 2008 }} Retrieved 27 June 2008