Name |
Confluence |
Average discharge (m³/s) |
Source |
Length |
Tributaries |
Catchment |
Notes
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Ebbsfleet River |
Northfleet 51°27′01″N 0°19′47″E / 51.4503°N 0.3296°E / 51.4503; 0.3296 (Northfleet) |
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Springhead, just S. of the A2 road at Southfleet |
2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
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Approx. 10 miles due west of London Stone at grid reference TQ860786
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Mardyke |
Purfleet 51°29′08″N 0°13′40″E / 51.4856°N 0.2278°E / 51.4856; 0.2278 (Mardyke) |
0.48 |
Holden's Wood between Great Warley and Little Warley |
11 miles (18 km) |
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35 square miles (91 km2) |
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DarentRiver Darent |
Dartford 51°28′49″N 0°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) |
Tidal reach: Dartford Creek
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IngrebourneRiver Ingrebourne or Ingrebourne |
Rainham, London 51°30′27″N 0°10′24″E / 51.5075°N 0.1733°E / 51.5075; 0.1733 (River Ingrebourne) |
0.33 |
Brentwood |
27 miles (43 km) |
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Tidal reach: Rainham Creek
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BeamRiver Beam and/or Rom and Bourne Brook |
Dagenham 51°30′42″N 0°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 |
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Rom upstream of inflow of Ravensbourne
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RodingRiver Roding |
Creekmouth 51°30′52″N 0°05′55″E / 51.5145°N 0.0987°E / 51.5145; 0.0987 (River Roding) |
1.85 |
Molehill Green, near Dunmow |
31 miles (50 km) |
Cripsey Brook Cran Brook Alders Brook Seven Kings Water Mayes Brook |
132 square miles (340 km2) |
tidal reach: Barking Creek
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Lea00River Lea |
Leamouth 51°30′26″N 0°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) |
tidal reach: Bow Creek
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RavensbourneRiver Ravensbourne or Ravensbourne |
Deptford 51°29′01″N 0°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
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NeckingerRiver Neckinger or the Neckinger Channel |
Shad Thames 51°30′09″N 0°04′15″W / 51.5024°N 0.0708°W / 51.5024; -0.0708 (River Neckinger) |
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north Southwark |
0.8 miles (1.3 km) (about; longer old catchment drains to other surface and combined water conduits) |
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mainly diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
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WalRiver Walbrook or Walbrook |
Finsbury 51°30′34″N 0°05′34″W / 51.5094°N 0.0928°W / 51.5094; -0.0928 (River Walbrook) |
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north walls of City of London (trad.) |
0 miles (0 km) |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
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FleetRiver Fleet or Fleet stream |
Bazelgette's Mid and Lower Northern Interceptor Sewers (previously a stream/field ditch ending at Blackfriars, London) 51°30′39″N 0°06′17″W / 51.5108°N 0.1048°W / 51.5108; -0.1048 (River Fleet) |
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Hampstead Heath |
1 mile (1.6 km) (as to connecting lengths of ponds) |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains. Was also known as the Holbourne/Holborn
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EffraRiver Effra |
Vauxhall 51°29′14″N 0°07′33″W / 51.4873°N 0.1258°W / 51.4873; -0.1258 (River Effra) |
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west and east limits of Gypsy Hill, London |
0 miles (0 km) |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
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TyburnRiver Tyburn, the Tyburn or the Ty Bourne |
north and south of Vauxhall Bridge, and small forked mouth around Horseguards Avenue, Westminster (4 mouths) 51°29′17″N 0°07′43″W / 51.4880°N 0.1287°W / 51.4880; -0.1287 (Tyburn) |
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South Hampstead |
0 miles (0 km) |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
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Falconbrook |
Battersea 51°28′05″N 0°10′51″W / 51.4680°N 0.1808°W / 51.4680; -0.1808 (Falconbrook) |
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Tooting Graveney Common, Tooting and east end of Poynder's Road, Clapham |
0 miles (0 km) |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
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WestbourneRiver Westbourne |
Chelsea 51°29′06″N 0°09′13″W / 51.4850°N 0.1537°W / 51.4850; -0.1537 (River Westbourne) |
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Grange Gardens, Hampstead, West Hampstead and two sources in east Willesden (today's Brondesbury Park) |
0 miles (0 km) |
Tyburn Brook |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
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Counter's Creek |
west Chelsea/east Fulham 51°28′40″N 0°10′46″W / 51.4778°N 0.1794°W / 51.4778; -0.1794 (Counter's Creek) |
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Kensal Green |
0 miles (0 km) |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
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WandleRiver Wandle |
Wandsworth 51°27′46″N 0°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) |
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Beverley Brook |
Putney 51°28′18″N 0°13′22″W / 51.4718°N 0.2229°W / 51.4718; -0.2229 (Beverley Brook) |
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Worcester Park |
9 miles (14 km) |
Pyl Brook |
25 square miles (65 km2) |
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Stamford Brook |
Hammersmith 51°29′25″N 0°14′03″W / 51.4903°N 0.2341°W / 51.4903; -0.2341 (Stamford Brook) |
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Acton |
0 miles (0 km) |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains – old tidal mouth: Hammersmith Creek
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Bollo or Bollar Brook |
Chiswick 51°28′46″N 0°15′04″W / 51.4794°N 0.2512°W / 51.4794; -0.2512 (Bollo Brook) |
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Acton |
0 miles (0 km) |
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diverted to surface and combined sewer drains
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BrentRiver Brent |
Brentford 51°28′59″N 0°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) |
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Duke of Northumberland's River (west) and (east) |
Isleworth 51°28′13″N 0°19′16″W / 51.4704°N 0.3212°W / 51.4704; -0.3212 (Duke of Northumberland's River) |
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River Crane & River Colne |
9.3 miles (15.0 km) (includes eastern 2.5 miles) |
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Artificial distributary of the Colne and Crane
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CraneRiver Crane |
Isleworth 51°27′55″N 0°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) |
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Sudbrook |
Petersham 51°26′55″N 0°18′21″W / 51.4487°N 0.3058°W / 51.4487; -0.3058 (Sudbrook (stream)) |
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Dann's Pond, Richmond Park |
2 miles (3.2 km) |
Latchmere Stream |
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culverted
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Hogsmill River |
Kingston upon Thames 51°24′33″N 0°18′31″W / 51.4093°N 0.3085°W / 51.4093; -0.3085 (Hogsmill River) |
0.98 |
Ewell |
6 miles (9.7 km) |
Bonesgate Stream |
28 square miles (73 km2) |
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RytheThe Rythe |
Thames Ditton 51°23′28″N 0°19′34″W / 51.3911°N 0.3260°W / 51.3911; -0.3260 (The Rythe) |
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north Oxshott |
4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
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MoleRiver Mole |
Molesey 51°24′04″N 0°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) |
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Longford River |
Hampton Court Palace 51°24′05″N 0°20′18″W / 51.4013°N 0.3383°W / 51.4013; -0.3383 (Longford River) |
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River Colne |
12 miles (19 km) |
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Artificial distributary of the Colne
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AshRiver Ash |
southwest corner of Sunbury-on-Thames 51°23′52″N 0°25′02″W / 51.3977°N 0.4173°W / 51.3977; -0.4173 (River Ash) |
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River Colne |
6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
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Distributary of the Colne
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WeyRiver Wey (and Caker Stream) |
Weybridge 51°22′49″N 0°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.
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BourneRiver Bourne, Chertsey |
Weybridge 51°22′43″N 0°27′50″W / 51.3785°N 0.4638°W / 51.3785; -0.4638 (River Bourne) |
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Windsor Great Park, Ascot and Swinley Forest |
13.2 miles (21.2 km) |
River Bourne, Addlestone |
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ColneRiver Colne |
Staines 51°25′58″N 0°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 |
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Colne Brook |
Hythe End, Wraysbury 51°26′16″N 0°32′07″W / 51.4379°N 0.5352°W / 51.4379; -0.5352 (Colne Brook) |
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River Colne |
9.2 miles (14.8 km) |
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Distributary of the Colne
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CutThe Cut |
Bray 51°29′57″N 0°40′53″W / 51.4991°N 0.6815°W / 51.4991; -0.6815 (The Cut) |
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North Ascot |
14 miles (23 km) |
Bull Brook, The Bourne |
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WyeRiver Wye |
Bourne End 51°34′13″N 0°42′40″W / 51.5704°N 0.7111°W / 51.5704; -0.7111 (River Wye) |
1.00 |
West Wycombe 51°38′52″N 0°48′45″W / 51.647802°N 0.812522°W / 51.647802; -0.812522 (River Wye) |
8.7 miles (14.0 km) |
Hughenden Stream |
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In wet years this river is additionally sourced by an aquifer further up the same valley, extending the river by another mile in length.
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Hamble Brook
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Hambleden Marina 51°33′31″N 0°52′10″W / 51.5585°N 00.8695°W / 51.5585; -00.8695 (Hamble Brook)
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Sourced by an aquifer in the Hambleden Valley, occasionally dry.
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LoddonRiver Loddon |
Wargrave 51°30′06″N 0°52′48″W / 51.5017°N 0.8800°W / 51.5017; -0.8800 (River Loddon) |
2.16 |
Basingstoke |
28 miles (45 km) |
St Patrick's Stream River Broadwater Emm Brook River Blackwater |
400 square miles (1,000 km2) |
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Berry BrookBerry Brook |
Hallsmead Ait, near Shiplake 51°29′29″N 0°53′43″W / 51.4913°N 0.8953°W / 51.4913; -0.8953 (Berry Brook) |
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street (Surface Water) drains of South View Avenue, Caversham |
4 miles (6.4 km) |
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KennetRiver Kennet |
Reading 51°27′32″N 0°56′58″W / 51.4590°N 0.9495°W / 51.4590; -0.9495 (River Kennet) |
9.75 |
Swallowhead 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) |
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PangRiver Pang |
Pangbourne 51°29′09″N 1°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) |
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ThameRiver Thame |
Dorchester 51°38′05″N 1°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) |
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310 square miles (800 km2) |
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OckRiver Ock |
Abingdon 51°39′59″N 1°17′02″W / 51.6665°N 1.2838°W / 51.6665; -1.2838 (River Ock) |
1.52 |
Cock Well, Little Coxwell |
21 miles (34 km) |
Holywell Brook (rising in same parish) Stutfield Brook |
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CherwellRiver Cherwell |
Oxford 51°44′32″N 1°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) |
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EvenlodeRiver Evenlode |
Above King's Lock 51°47′06″N 1°20′16″W / 51.7849°N 1.3378°W / 51.7849; -1.3378 (River Evenlode) |
3.7 |
Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire |
10 miles (16 km) |
River Glyme Rollright Brook |
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WindrushRiver Windrush |
Newbridge 51°42′36″N 1°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) |
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ColeRiver Cole |
Above Buscot Lock 51°41′19″N 1°40′38″W / 51.6887°N 1.6772°W / 51.6887; -1.6772 (River Cole) |
1.20 |
Burderop Park, Hodson, Wiltshire |
17 miles (27 km) |
Dorcan Stream (has subsumed original Cole sources) Pennyhooks Brook |
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LeachRiver Leach |
Lechlade 51°41′21″N 1°40′38″W / 51.6891°N 1.6772°W / 51.6891; -1.6772 (River Leach) |
0.75 |
Hampnett, Gloucestershire |
18 miles (29 km) |
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Coln00River Coln |
Lechlade 51°41′17″N 1°42′19″W / 51.6881°N 1.7052°W / 51.6881; -1.7052 (River Coln) |
2.06 |
Brockhampton, Gloucestershire |
30 miles (48 km) |
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RayRiver Ray, Wiltshire |
Cricklade 51°38′39″N 1°49′31″W / 51.6442°N 1.8252°W / 51.6442; -1.8252 (River Ray) |
1.28 |
Markham Hill, Wroughton, Wiltshire |
12 miles (19 km) |
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KeyRiver Key |
Cricklade 51°38′33″N 1°50′46″W / 51.6424°N 1.8461°W / 51.6424; -1.8461 (River Key) |
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West of Battle Lake, Braydon |
6.5 miles (10.5 km) |
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ChurnRiver Churn |
Cricklade 51°38′42″N 1°51′12″W / 51.6450°N 1.8533°W / 51.6450; -1.8533 (River Churn) |
0.86 |
Seven Springs, Gloucestershire |
16 miles (26 km) |
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