Hartham Weir

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Hartham Weir shortly after rebuilding

Hartham Weir after heavy rain

Hartham Weir during flood

Hartham Weir (also known colloquially as Two-step Weir) is a small weir on the River Lea next to the confluence of the River Beane/Lea, on the edge of Hartham Common, Hertford, England.

Design

The weir was installed to let the river travel over a main sewer pipe.

Uses

It is frequented by the Herts Canoe Club and local anglers.^[1]

2008 rebuild

The weir was demolished and rebuilt in 2008, costing £310,000.^[2]

Local MP Mark Prisk and Herts Canoe Club re-opened the weir in a ceremony on Saturday, 25 October 2008.^[3]

Old Weir Gallery

Old 2-step weir in flood
Old 2-step weir with local heron

References

^ "Area Guide: The historic market town of Hertford". Herts Advertiser. NLA Access Media Limited. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ Hickman, Leo (8 October 2009). "Journey along the river Lee". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ MP praises new River Lee weir. MHW Magazine

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v t e Locks and weirs on the River Lea, England
Counties	Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Essex Greater London
Locks	Hertford Lock Ware Lock Hardmead Lock Stanstead Lock Feildes Weir Lock Dobbs Weir Lock Carthagena Lock Aqueduct Lock Cheshunt Lock Waltham Common Lock Waltham Town Lock Rammey Marsh Lock Enfield Lock Ponder's End Lock Pickett's Lock Stonebridge Lock Tottenham Lock Pond Lane Flood Gates Old Ford Lock Bow Locks
Weirs	Horns Mill Weir Hertford Castle Weir Hartham Weir Ware Weir Feildes Weir Dobbs Weir Carthagena Weir Kings Weir Newmans Weir Middlesex Filter Beds Weir
Hertford Union Canal (branch from Hackney Cut)	Hertford Union Bottom Lock No. 3 Hertford Union Middle Lock No. 2 Hertford Union Top Lock No. 1 Regent's Canal
Limehouse Cut (branch, at Bow Locks)	Bromley Stop Lock Britannia Stop Lock Limehouse Basin
Bow Back Rivers (branches of the Old River Lea)	Three Mills Lock City Mill Lock Carpenter's Road Lock Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct) Three Mills Wall River Weir (These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)

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