Geograph - photograph every grid square

The New River has been considerably altered over the years. The wooden aqueducts were replaced with clay-banked canals, and several of the longer loops were straightened out. Notable among these were the stretch through Turnford, which had originally flowed in a long meander through Cheshunt Park, and the still-surviving New River Loop that flows through Enfield Town, although the river’s main route now bypasses this. From Clissold Park in Stoke Newington, the river is now underground, emerging only occasionally to form water-features in parks.

The coot's nest TQ3296 : Coot's Nest, New River Loop, Gentleman's Row, Enfield can be seen just before the bridge.