Hardmead Lock
Hardmead Lock is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Great Amwell close to the town of Ware.
The lock has a reputation as being difficult to negotiate.
Location
The lock-keeper's cottage stands on an island formed by a section of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel which flows through an automatic sluice gate adjacent to the lock.To the east of the lock is the Amwell Quarry nature reserve a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a section of the Old River Lea known as the Amwell Magna Fishery where it merges with its tributary the River Ash.
The New River flows close by to the west.