Photo of Lee Valley White Water Centre, a visitor attraction near Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, eastern England. — © Rod Allday / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lee Valley White Water Centre

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The white-water course built for the London 2012 Olympic canoe slalom, near Waltham Cross on the edge of the Lee Valley. It’s open to the public for rafting and kayaking down the same rapids the Games used, booked in advance and run in timed sessions. Waltham Cross station is only about 700m away, to the south-west.

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