Does anyone know if the 2 lakes were originally joined? All the old maps i have seen show 2 separate lakes, but the rumour in the marina was that the land inbetween was filled in with rubble from London ww2 bombsites. There is is rubble all over this land, bits of brick wall, tiles, glass, old fireplaces and other stuff, plus lots of old watertanks. We found a knee of an old boat lying on the ground near the end. All the marina land has obviously been used for some kind of tipping, but was it ever dug out. Also why did they bulldoze through if the canal was already joined to Hawtreys via pit 2.