Tributaries of the River Thames

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This article lists the tributaries of the River Thames from the sea to the source, in England. There are also secondary lists of backwaters of the river itself and the waterways branching off.

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Note: the River Medway shares the saline lower Thames Estuary.

Tributaries

NameConfluenceAverage discharge (m³/s) [1] SourceLengthTributariesCatchmentNotes
Ebbsfleet River Northfleet
51°27′01″N0°19′47″E / 51.4503°N 0.3296°E / 51.4503; 0.3296 (Northfleet)
Springhead, just S. of the A2 road at Southfleet 2.4 miles (3.9 km)Approx. 10 miles due west of London Stone at grid reference TQ860786
Mardyke Purfleet
51°29′08″N0°13′40″E / 51.4856°N 0.2278°E / 51.4856; 0.2278 (Mardyke)
0.48Holden's Wood between Great Warley and Little Warley [2] 11 miles (18 km)35 square miles (91 km2)
River Darent Dartford
51°28′49″N0°13′03″E / 51.4802°N 0.2176°E / 51.4802; 0.2176 (River Darent)
0.72 Westerham 21 miles (34 km) River Cray 154 square miles (400 km2) [3] Tidal reach: Dartford Creek
River Ingrebourne or Ingrebourne Rainham, London
51°30′27″N0°10′24″E / 51.5075°N 0.1733°E / 51.5075; 0.1733 (River Ingrebourne)
0.33 Brentwood 27 miles (43 km)Tidal reach: Rainham Creek
River Beam and/or Rom and Bourne Brook Dagenham
51°30′42″N0°09′31″E / 51.5118°N 0.1587°E / 51.5118; 0.1587 (River Beam)
0.34 Stapleford Abbotts Golf Club, Watton's Green 13 miles (21 km) The Ravensbourne Rom upstream of inflow of Ravensbourne
River Roding Creekmouth
51°30′52″N0°05′55″E / 51.5145°N 0.0987°E / 51.5145; 0.0987 (River Roding)
1.85Molehill Green, near Dunmow 31 miles (50 km) [4] Cripsey Brook
Cran Brook
Alders Brook
Seven Kings Water
Mayes Brook
132 square miles (340 km2) [5] tidal reach: Barking Creek
River Lea Leamouth
51°30′26″N0°00′33″E / 51.5071°N 0.0092°E / 51.5071; 0.0092 (River Lea)
5.48 Leagrave 42 miles (68 km) The Hackney Brook
River Moselle
Pymmes Brook
River Ching
Turkey Brook
River Stort
River Beane
River Mimram
550 square miles (1,400 km2) [5] tidal reach: Bow Creek
River Ravensbourne or Ravensbourne Deptford
51°29′01″N0°01′07″W / 51.4835°N 0.0185°W / 51.4835; -0.0185 (River Ravensbourne)
0.43 Keston 11 miles (18 km)Spring Brook
River Pool
River Quaggy
69 square miles (180 km2)tidal reach: Deptford Creek
River Neckinger or the Neckinger Channel Shad Thames
51°30′09″N0°04′15″W / 51.5024°N 0.0708°W / 51.5024; -0.0708 (River Neckinger)
north Southwark 0.8 miles (1.3 km) (about; longer old catchment drains to other surface and combined water conduits) mainly diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
River Walbrook or WalbrookWalbrook Wharf, just west of Cannon Street railway station.
51°30′34″N0°05′34″W / 51.5094°N 0.0928°W / 51.5094; -0.0928 (River Walbrook)
north walls of City of London (trad.)0 miles (0 km) diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
River Fleet or Fleet streamBazelgette's Mid and Lower Northern Interceptor Sewers (previously a stream/field ditch ending at Blackfriars, London)
51°30′39″N0°06′17″W / 51.5108°N 0.1048°W / 51.5108; -0.1048 (River Fleet)
Hampstead Heath 1 mile (1.6 km) (as to connecting lengths of ponds) Lamb's Conduit, Fagswell Brook diverted to surface and combined sewer drains. Was also known as the Holbourne/Holborn
River Effra Vauxhall
51°29′14″N0°07′33″W / 51.4873°N 0.1258°W / 51.4873; -0.1258 (River Effra)
west and east limits of Gypsy Hill, London0 miles (0 km) diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
River Tyburn, the Tyburn or the Ty Bournenorth and south of Vauxhall Bridge, and small forked mouth around Horseguards Avenue, Westminster (4 mouths)
51°29′17″N0°07′43″W / 51.4880°N 0.1287°W / 51.4880; -0.1287 (Tyburn)
South Hampstead 0 miles (0 km) diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
Falconbrook Battersea
51°28′05″N0°10′51″W / 51.4680°N 0.1808°W / 51.4680; -0.1808 (Falconbrook)
Tooting Graveney Common, Tooting and east end of Poynder's Road, Clapham [6] [7] 0 miles (0 km) diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
River Westbourne Chelsea
51°29′06″N0°09′13″W / 51.4850°N 0.1537°W / 51.4850; -0.1537 (River Westbourne)
Grange Gardens, Hampstead, West Hampstead and two sources in east Willesden (today's Brondesbury Park)0 miles (0 km) Tyburn Brook diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
Counter's Creek west Chelsea/east Fulham
51°28′40″N0°10′46″W / 51.4778°N 0.1794°W / 51.4778; -0.1794 (Counter's Creek)
Kensal Green 0 miles (0 km) diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
River Wandle Wandsworth
51°27′46″N0°11′43″W / 51.4629°N 0.1952°W / 51.4629; -0.1952 (River Wandle)
1.7 Waddon 9 miles (14 km) River Graveney 78 square miles (200 km2) [5]
Beverley Brook Putney
51°28′18″N0°13′22″W / 51.4718°N 0.2229°W / 51.4718; -0.2229 (Beverley Brook)
Worcester Park 9 miles (14 km) [5] Pyl Brook 25 square miles (65 km2) [5]
Stamford Brook Hammersmith
51°29′25″N0°14′03″W / 51.4903°N 0.2341°W / 51.4903; -0.2341 (Stamford Brook)
Acton 0 miles (0 km) diverted to surface and combined sewer drains old tidal mouth: Hammersmith Creek
Bollo or Bollar Brook Chiswick
51°28′46″N0°15′04″W / 51.4794°N 0.2512°W / 51.4794; -0.2512 (Bollo Brook)
Acton 0 miles (0 km) diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
River Brent Brentford
51°28′59″N0°18′00″W / 51.4830°N 0.3000°W / 51.4830; -0.3000 (River Brent)
1.32 Barnet 18 miles (29 km) Dollis Brook
Folly Brook
Mutton Brook
58 square miles (150 km2) [5]
Duke of Northumberland's River (west) and (east) Isleworth
51°28′13″N0°19′16″W / 51.4704°N 0.3212°W / 51.4704; -0.3212 (Duke of Northumberland's River)
River Crane & River Colne9.3 miles (15.0 km) (includes eastern 2.5 miles)Artificial distributary of the Colne and Crane
River Crane Isleworth
51°27′55″N0°19′17″W / 51.4654°N 0.3215°W / 51.4654; -0.3215 (River Crane)
0.54 Hayes, Hillingdon 9 miles (14 km) Yeading Brook 42 square miles (110 km2) [5]
Sudbrook Petersham
51°26′55″N0°18′21″W / 51.4487°N 0.3058°W / 51.4487; -0.3058 (Sudbrook (stream))
Dann's Pond, Richmond Park 2 miles (3.2 km)Latchmere Stream culverted
Hogsmill River Kingston upon Thames
51°24′33″N0°18′31″W / 51.4093°N 0.3085°W / 51.4093; -0.3085 (Hogsmill River)
0.98 Ewell 6 miles (9.7 km)Bonesgate Stream28 square miles (73 km2)
The Rythe Thames Ditton
51°23′28″N0°19′34″W / 51.3911°N 0.3260°W / 51.3911; -0.3260 (The Rythe)
north Oxshott 4.2 miles (6.8 km)
River Mole Molesey
51°24′04″N0°20′21″W / 51.4012°N 0.3393°W / 51.4012; -0.3393 (River Mole)
5.43 Rusper 50 miles (80 km)Ifield Brook
Gatwick Stream
Earlswood Brook
Pipp Brook
The Rye
198 square miles (510 km2)
Longford River Hampton Court Palace
51°24′05″N0°20′18″W / 51.4013°N 0.3383°W / 51.4013; -0.3383 (Longford River)
River Colne 12 miles (19 km)Artificial distributary of the Colne
River Ash southwest corner of Sunbury-on-Thames
51°23′52″N0°25′02″W / 51.3977°N 0.4173°W / 51.3977; -0.4173 (River Ash)
River Colne 6.2 miles (10.0 km) [8] Distributary of the Colne
River Wey (and Caker Stream) Weybridge
51°22′49″N0°27′25″W / 51.3804°N 0.4570°W / 51.3804; -0.4570 (River Wey)
6.95 Hartley Mauditt and Upper Farringdon, Hampshire (main, north or west branch);
parishes of Fernhurst/Lurgashall in South Downs National Park (south branch)
53 miles (85 km) River Ock, Surrey
Cranleigh Waters
River Tillingbourne
Hoe Stream (fed by the Hodge Brook and Stanford Brook)
Of south branch:
River Slea, Hampshire
Dead Water
Cooper's Stream
350 square miles (910 km2)Source of south branch about 52 miles to/from mouth.
River Bourne, Chertsey Weybridge
51°22′43″N0°27′50″W / 51.3785°N 0.4638°W / 51.3785; -0.4638 (River Bourne)
Windsor Great Park, Ascot and Swinley Forest13.2 miles (21.2 km) River Bourne, Addlestone
River Colne Staines
51°25′58″N0°30′55″W / 51.4329°N 0.5152°W / 51.4329; -0.5152 (River Colne)
4.05 (before all distributaries) North Mymms 36 miles (58 km) River Pinn
River Misbourne
River Chess
River Gade
River Ver
Colne Brook Hythe End, Wraysbury
51°26′16″N0°32′07″W / 51.4379°N 0.5352°W / 51.4379; -0.5352 (Colne Brook)
River Colne 9.2 miles (14.8 km)Distributary of the Colne
The Cut Bray
51°29′57″N0°40′53″W / 51.4991°N 0.6815°W / 51.4991; -0.6815 (The Cut)
North Ascot 14 miles (23 km) Bull Brook, The Bourne
River Wye Bourne End
51°34′13″N0°42′40″W / 51.5704°N 0.7111°W / 51.5704; -0.7111 (River Wye)
1.00 West Wycombe
51°38′52″N0°48′45″W / 51.647802°N 0.812522°W / 51.647802; -0.812522 (River Wye)
8.7 miles (14.0 km)Hughenden StreamIn wet years this river is additionally sourced by an aquifer further up the same valley, extending the river by another mile in length.
Hamble BrookHambleden Marina
51°33′31″N0°52′10″W / 51.5585°N 00.8695°W / 51.5585; -00.8695 (Hamble Brook)
Sourced by an aquifer in the Hambleden Valley, occasionally dry.
River Loddon Wargrave
51°30′06″N0°52′48″W / 51.5017°N 0.8800°W / 51.5017; -0.8800 (River Loddon)
2.16Basingstoke28 miles (45 km) St Patrick's Stream
River Broadwater
Emm Brook
River Blackwater
400 square miles (1,000 km2)
Berry Brook Hallsmead Ait, near Shiplake
51°29′29″N0°53′43″W / 51.4913°N 0.8953°W / 51.4913; -0.8953 (Berry Brook)
street (Surface Water) drains of South View Avenue, Caversham 4 miles (6.4 km)
River Kennet Reading
51°27′32″N0°56′58″W / 51.4590°N 0.9495°W / 51.4590; -0.9495 (River Kennet)
9.75Swallowhead spring and others near Silbury Hill 45 miles (72 km) Foudry Brook
Clayhill Brook
River Enborne
River Lambourn
River Dun
River Og
450 square miles (1,200 km2) [9]
River Pang Pangbourne
51°29′09″N1°05′17″W / 51.4858°N 1.0880°W / 51.4858; -1.0880 (River Pang)
0.62 Compton 14 miles (23 km) River Bourne, Berkshire
River Roden
66 square miles (170 km2) [10]
River Thame Dorchester
51°38′05″N1°09′58″W / 51.6348°N 1.1660°W / 51.6348; -1.1660 (River Thame)
3.90 Rowsham / Cheddington, Vale of Aylesbury 40 miles (64 km)310 square miles (800 km2) [11]
River Ock Abingdon
51°39′59″N1°17′02″W / 51.6665°N 1.2838°W / 51.6665; -1.2838 (River Ock)
1.52Cock Well, Little Coxwell 21 miles (34 km)Holywell Brook (rising in same parish)
Stutfield Brook
River Cherwell Oxford
51°44′32″N1°14′54″W / 51.7421°N 1.2483°W / 51.7421; -1.2483 (River Cherwell)
7.2 Hellidon 40 miles (64 km) River Ray
River Swere
364 square miles (940 km2) [12]
River Evenlode Above King's Lock
51°47′06″N1°20′16″W / 51.7849°N 1.3378°W / 51.7849; -1.3378 (River Evenlode)
3.7 Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire10 miles (16 km) River Glyme
Rollright Brook
River Windrush Newbridge
51°42′36″N1°25′02″W / 51.7100°N 1.4173°W / 51.7100; -1.4173 (River Windrush)
3.27 Taddington, Gloucestershire 40 miles (64 km) River Dikler
River Eye, Gloucestershire
140 square miles (360 km2) [13]
River Cole Above Buscot Lock
51°41′19″N1°40′38″W / 51.6887°N 1.6772°W / 51.6887; -1.6772 (River Cole)
1.20Burderop Park, Hodson, Wiltshire 17 miles (27 km)Dorcan Stream (has subsumed original Cole sources)
Pennyhooks Brook
River Leach Lechlade
51°41′21″N1°40′38″W / 51.6891°N 1.6772°W / 51.6891; -1.6772 (River Leach)
0.75 Hampnett, Gloucestershire18 miles (29 km)
River Coln Lechlade
51°41′17″N1°42′19″W / 51.6881°N 1.7052°W / 51.6881; -1.7052 (River Coln)
2.06 Brockhampton, Gloucestershire 30 miles (48 km)
River Ray, Wiltshire Cricklade
51°38′39″N1°49′31″W / 51.6442°N 1.8252°W / 51.6442; -1.8252 (River Ray)
1.28Markham Hill, Wroughton, Wiltshire 12 miles (19 km)
River Key Cricklade
51°38′33″N1°50′46″W / 51.6424°N 1.8461°W / 51.6424; -1.8461 (River Key)
West of Battle Lake, Braydon 6.5 miles (10.5 km)
River Churn Cricklade
51°38′42″N1°51′12″W / 51.6450°N 1.8533°W / 51.6450; -1.8533 (River Churn)
0.86 Seven Springs, Gloucestershire 16 miles (26 km)

The average discharge is taken from the lowest point at which measurements are taken, which may be upstream of the confluence.

Backwaters and cuts

This list comprises the principal instances; longest ex-mill races (leats), with own articles are included; the main weirstream/river stream of each Thames lock is omitted and the smallest such associated instances but the Sheepwash Channel is included for its importance in Oxford.

Name (ordered lowest to highest elevation)Re-convergenceLengthEffluence
The Creek, Sunbury Wheatley's Ait (North), Sunbury-on-Thames 51°24′04″N0°24′47″W / 51.401°N 0.413°W / 51.401; -0.413 (The Creek) 0.654 miles (1.053 km)Tumbling Bay weir, east Shepperton (traditionally) (& storm weir)
Desborough Cut southwest Walton-on-Thames 51°23′02″N0°26′10″W / 51.384°N 0.436°W / 51.384; -0.436 (Desborough Cut (end)) 0.682 miles (1.098 km)northeast Weybridge
Abbey River Chertsey Lock 51°23′49″N0°29′17″W / 51.397°N 0.488°W / 51.397; -0.488 (Abbey River) 2 miles (3.2 km) Penton Hook Island, Thorpe
Jubilee River Black Potts Ait, Datchet 51°29′28″N0°35′35″W / 51.491°N 0.593°W / 51.491; -0.593 (Jubilee River) 7.2 miles (11.6 km) Boulter's Lock, Taplow
Clewer Mill Stream Queen Elizabeth Bridge, Windsor 51°29′13″N0°37′26″W / 51.487°N 0.624°W / 51.487; -0.624 (Clewer Mill Stream) 1.5 miles (2.4 km) Bush Ait, Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire
Hennerton Backwater opposite Ferry Eyot 51°31′19″N0°52′41″W / 51.522°N 0.878°W / 51.522; -0.878 (Hennerton Backwater) 1.25 miles (2.01 km)above Camps Puddle, by foot of Wargrave Hill
Swift Ditch Culham Bridge 51°39′29″N1°16′41″W / 51.658°N 1.278°W / 51.658; -1.278 (Swift Ditch) 1.5 miles (2.4 km) Abingdon Lock
Seacourt Stream and Hinksey Stream Kennington Railway Bridge, Oxford 51°43′16″N1°14′35″W / 51.721°N 1.243°W / 51.721; -1.243 (Hinksey Stream) 6 miles (9.7 km)north Wytham
Castle Mill Stream Gasworks Bridge, Oxford 51°44′46″N1°15′50″W / 51.746°N 1.264°W / 51.746; -1.264 (Castle Mill Stream) 0.66 miles (1.06 km) Port Meadow, Oxford
Bulstake Stream Osney Rail Bridge 51°44′49″N1°16′01″W / 51.747°N 1.267°W / 51.747; -1.267 (Bulstake Stream) 1.7 miles (2.7 km)Four Rivers, Oxford
Sheepwash Channel Four Rivers, Oxford 51°45′18″N1°16′19″W / 51.755°N 1.272°W / 51.755; -1.272 (Sheepwash Channel) 0.1 miles (0.16 km) Castle Mill Stream at Isis Lock
Kingsbridge Brook/ Wolvercote Mill Streamabove Godstow Lock and weir 51°46′44″N1°17′49″W / 51.779°N 1.297°W / 51.779; -1.297 (Kingsbridge Brook) 1.3 miles (2.1 km)Oxey Mead, south Yarnton, Oxfordshire

Linked waterways

NameConfluenceLengthDestinationNotes
Regent's Canal Limehouse Basin south exit 51°30′43″N0°02′12″W / 51.5120°N 0.0367°W / 51.5120; -0.0367 (Regent's Canal) Little Venice junction with Paddington Arm of Grand Union Canal (to Paddington Basin, or Hayes for Brentford riverside or main course to the Midlands)
Lee Navigation, via lower River Lea Bromley-by-Bow 51°30′26″N0°00′33″E / 51.5071°N 0.0092°E / 51.5071; 0.0092 (River Lea) Hertford Castle Weir, Hertford, Hertfordshire
Grand Union Canal via lower River Brent Brentford 51°28′59″N0°18′00″W / 51.4830°N 0.3000°W / 51.4830; -0.3000 (River Brent) Birmingham
Wey and Godalming Navigations via lower River Wey Weybridge 51°22′49″N0°27′25″W / 51.3804°N 0.4570°W / 51.3804; -0.4570 (River Wey) 20 miles (32 km) Godalming, Surrey, via Guildford
Maidenhead Waterways Bray 51°29′57″N0°40′53″W / 51.4991°N 0.6815°W / 51.4991; -0.6815 (Maidenhead Waterways) unnavigable
Kennet and Avon Canal via River Kennet Reading 51°27′32″N0°56′58″W / 51.4590°N 0.9495°W / 51.4590; -0.9495 (River Kennet) 87 miles (140 km) Bristol and via Avonmouth the Bristol Channel, Atlantic Ocean
Wilts & Berks Canal Abingdon 51°39′04″N1°16′58″W / 51.6510°N 1.2827°W / 51.6510; -1.2827 (Wilts & Berks Canal) 52 miles (84 km)Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington near Melksham, west Wiltshireabandoned 1914, under restoration
Oxford Canal via Sheepwash Channel, Oxford
via Dukes Cut
Oxford 51°44′47″N1°15′49″W / 51.7463°N 1.2636°W / 51.7463; -1.2636 (Oxford Canal via Oxford)
King's Lock 51°47′23″N1°18′31″W / 51.7896°N 1.3085°W / 51.7896; -1.3085 (Oxford Canal via King's Lock)
78 miles (126 km) Coventry, Warwickshire and the Grand Union Canal
Thames and Severn Canal via River Coln Lechlade 51°41′17″N1°42′19″W / 51.6881°N 1.7052°W / 51.6881; -1.7052 (River Coln) Stroud, Gloucestershire and Gloucester and the Severn valleyclosed 1933, under restoration

Poem by Alexander Pope listing some Thames tributaries

Around his Throne the Sea-born Brothers stood,
That swell with Tributary Urns his Flood.
First the fam'd Authors of his ancient Name,
The winding Isis, and the fruitful Tame:
The Kennet swift, for silver Eels renown'd;
The Loddon slow, with verdant Alders crown'd:
Cole, whose clear Streams his flow'ry Islands lave;
And chalky Wey, that rolls a milky Wave:
The blue, transparent Vandalis appears;
The gulphy Lee his sedgy Tresses rears:
And sullen Mole, that hides his diving Flood;
And silent Darent, stain'd with Danish Blood.

Alexander Pope, Windsor Forest (lines 335–346)

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Teddington Lock is a complex of three locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Historically in Middlesex, it was first built in 1810.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">River Devon, Nottinghamshire</span> River in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

The River Devon is a tributary of the River Trent, which rises in Leicestershire and joins the Trent at Newark in Nottinghamshire, England. In its upper reaches, it supplies Knipton Reservoir, which was built to supply water to the Grantham Canal, and Belvoir Lakes, designed by Capability Brown. It passes under the Grantham Canal, and then through Bottesford, where it is spanned by five railway bridges, only one of which is still used for its original purpose. On the outskirts of Newark, it passes by two Civil War structures, and just before it joins the Trent it becomes navigable, with a marina located on the west bank. Its name is pronounced "Deevon", not as spelt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Foudry Brook</span> River in Hampshire and Berkshire, England

Foudry Brook is a small stream in southern England. It rises from a number of springs near the Hampshire village of Baughurst, and flows to the east and then the north, to join the River Kennet to the south of Reading. The upper section is called Silchester Brook, and beyond that, Bishop's Wood Stream. The underlying geology is chalk, covered by a layer of clay, and so it has the characteristics of a clay stream, experiencing rapid increases in level after heavy rain due to run-off from the surrounding land. It passes a number of listed buildings and scheduled monuments, including the site of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum or Silchester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">River Frome, Stroud</span> River in England

The River Frome, once also known as the Stroudwater, is a small river in Gloucestershire, England. It is to be distinguished from another River Frome in Gloucestershire, the Bristol Frome, and the nearby River Frome, Herefordshire. The river is approximately 25 miles (40 km) long.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">River Ash, Surrey</span> River in Surrey, England

The River Ash is a small, shallow river in Surrey, England. Its course of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) is just outside Greater London. Work has been carried out to re-align, clear and build up a small, Littleton head of water and create two backwaters. One backwater dates to the medieval period; the other to the 1990s. It flows as one of the six distributaries of the River Colne from the south of Staines Moor immediately south of the Staines Bypass eastwards through the rest of the borough of Spelthorne before meeting the River Thames.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shepperton Lock</span> Lock on the River Thames in Surrey, England

Shepperton Lock is a lock on the River Thames, in England by the left bank at Shepperton, Surrey. It is across the river from Weybridge which is nearby linked by a passenger ferry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">River Roach</span> River in Essex, England

The River Roach is a river that flows entirely through the English county of Essex. It is one of four main streams that originate in the Rayleigh Hills to the west, and flow east. They then flow towards the centre of the Rochford Basin, a circular feature which may have been caused by an asteroid impact in the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene periods. To the east of Rochford, the river becomes tidal, and is governed by the Crouch Harbour Authority. It joins the River Crouch between Wallasea Island and Foulness Island. To the west of Rochford, there is some doubt as to which of the four streams is officially the Roach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">River Wey</span> River in southern England

The River Wey is a main tributary of the River Thames in south east England. Its two branches, one of which rises near Alton in Hampshire and the other in West Sussex to the south of Haslemere, join at Tilford in Surrey. Once combined, the flow is eastwards then northwards via Godalming and Guildford to meet the Thames at Weybridge. Downstream the river forms the backdrop to Newark Priory and Brooklands. The Wey and Godalming Navigations were built in the 17th and 18th centuries, to create a navigable route from Godalming to the Thames.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Cut, Berkshire</span> River in Berkshire, England

The Cut is a river in England that rises in North Ascot, Berkshire. It flows for around 14 miles (23 km), through the rural Northern Parishes of Winkfield, Warfield and Binfield in Bracknell Forest on its way down to Bray, where it meets the River Thames just above Queens Eyot on the reach below Bray Lock, having been joined by the Maidenhead Waterways.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pipp Brook</span> River in Surrey, England

The Pipp Brook is a left-bank tributary of the River Mole, Surrey, England. It rises at two main springs north of Leith Hill on the Greensand Ridge, then descends steeply in a northward direction, before flowing eastwards along the Vale of Holmesdale. It runs to the north of Dorking High Street, before discharging into the Mole at Pixham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oldcotes Dyke</span> River in England

Oldcotes Dyke is the name of the final section of a river system that drains parts of north Nottinghamshire and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. Historically, it has supported milling, with seven water mills drawing their power from its water, and ran through the grounds of the Cistercian Roche Abbey. It is a tributary of the River Ryton.

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