Whitehall Dyke

Whitehall Dyke
Location
Physical characteristics
Source
⁃ location	Harbledown
Mouth
⁃ location	Great Stour, Thanington Without near Canterbury
Length	5.6 km (3.5 mi)

Last updated September 01, 2019

Whitehall Dyke is a tributary of the Great Stour river in Kent, England.

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

The River Stour is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay. Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour. The upper section of the river, above its confluence with the East Stour at Ashford is sometimes known as the Upper Great Stour or West Stour. In the tidal lower reaches, the artificial Stonar Cut short cuts a large loop in the natural river.

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames, and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. The county town is Maidstone.

The stream runs from its source near Harbledown, 5.6 kilometres, to the Great Stour at Thanington Without near Canterbury.^[1]

A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls.

Harbledown is a village in Kent, England, immediately west of Canterbury and contiguous with the city. At local government level the village is designated as a separate civil parish, that of Harbledown and Rough Common. The High Street is a conservation area with many listed buildings, including a tall and intact Georgian terrace on the south side. The area includes several orchards for fruit on its outskirts, within the parish boundaries.

Thanington Without is a civil parish and community in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. It extends to the south-west of A2 to the Milton Bridge. The current civil parish was renamed from "Thanington Without" to "Thanington" on 1 April 2019.

The overall condition of the water body was rated as moderate in 2009, but declined to poor overall in 2014.^[2]

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References

↑ The Environment Agency
↑ "Environment Agency - Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

Coordinates: 51°16′39″N1°04′10″E / 51.2774°N 1.0695°E / 51.2774; 1.0695

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[1] The Environment Agency

[2] "Environment Agency - Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

v t e River Stour in Kent (and tributaries)
River Stour or Great Stour East Stour Little Stour or Nailbourne River Wantsum Wingham River Aylesford Stream Brook Stream (Spiders Castle Dyke) Kennington Stream (Pen Lee) Ruckinge Dyke Sarre Penn (Fishbourne Stream) Whitehall Dyke Whitewater Dyke
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