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The Lea Valley Walk is 50 mile route following the River Lea from Luton to the Thames by way of London’ former market garden valley. Prince Charles has described the Lee Valley as “a classic example of what could be done with derelict land if impetus and determination was there”. Now the greening is continuing with the Olympic Games due to be held in the valley’s last derelict stretch.
Lea or Lee
There are at least 25 different spellings for the river’ name. In addition to Lee and Lea past documents record Lay, Ley, Leye, Lyge and even Lyzan. The spelling by 1520 appears to have been Lee but, in the 19th century, Ordnance Survey decided to use both Lee and Lea. The source is at Leagrave. Now the valley is usually known as the Lee Valley, after the Lee Valley Regional Park, whilst the river is the River Lea with the canal sections being called the Lee Navigation.