[citation needed] Clapton Orient played at the Lea Bridge Stadium between 1930 and 1937 before moving to Brisbane Road.

The nearest major river crossing to the south is at Hackney Wick and to the north at Tottenham Hale.

[4] Along the southern border of the park sits the former coal-fired Millfields power station, now used as electrical sub-stations on the London Ring, and recently upgraded.

Lea Bridge gives ready access to the lower reaches of the extensive Lee Valley Park, which stretches for about 42 kilometres (26.1 mi) on both banks of the river.

Next to the south side of the bridge is a pub, the "Princess of Wales" and a Grade *II listed Victorian Old Schoolhouse, built in 1841,[6] which provided free education for the children of "transient boatmen and bargees",[7] now flats.

Below the bridge, the river flows over the Middlesex Filter Beds Weir, marking the boundary with Leyton and providing the supply for the former East London Waterworks Company.

From Leabridge roundabout intersection with Upper and Lower Clapton roads, a number of buses travel south through Hackney, and to the city, and to the north through Stamford Hill and Stoke Newington.