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. It includes significant backwaters and waterways that have confluences with the main stream of the River Thames. Most of the tributaries are natural, but a few were man-made.
In addition to those listed, the River Medway shares the Thames Estuary, and near Oxford the River Thames is also named The Isis.
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Tributaries
| Name | Confluence | Average discharge (m³/s)[1] | Source | Length | Tributaries | Catchment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Darent | Dartford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.72 | Westerham | 21 miles (34 km) | River Cray | 154 square miles (400 km2)[2] | Tidal reach Dartford Creek |
| Mardyke | Purfleet Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.48 | Holden's Wood between Great Warley and Little Warley[3] | 11 miles (18 km) | 35 square miles (91 km2) | ||
| River Ingrebourne | Rainham, London Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.33 | Brentwood | 27 miles (43 km) | Tidal reach Rainham Creek | ||
| River Beam | Dagenham Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.34 | Romford | The Ravensbourne | downstream name for River Rom | ||
| River Roding | Creekmouth Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1.85 | Dunmow | 11 miles (18 km)[4] | 132 square miles (340 km2)[4] | tidal reach Barking Creek | |
| River Lea | Bow, London Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
5.48 | Leagrave | 42 miles (68 km) | River Moselle The Hackney Brook River Stort Turkey Brook New River River Beane River Mimram |
550 square miles (1,400 km2)[4] | tidal reach Bow Creek |
| River Ravensbourne | Deptford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.43 | Keston | 11 miles (18 km) | Spring Brook River Pool River Quaggy |
69 square miles (180 km2) | tidal reach Deptford Creek |
| River Neckinger | Shad Thames Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Southwark | subterranean | ||||
| Walbrook | Finsbury Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
City of London | subterranean | ||||
| River Fleet | Blackfriars, London Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Hampstead Heath | subterranean also known as the Holbourne | ||||
| River Effra | Vauxhall Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Crystal Palace, London | subterranean | ||||
| River Tyburn | Pimlico Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Hampstead | subterranean | ||||
| Falconbrook | Battersea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Tooting Bec Common | subterranean | ||||
| River Westbourne | Chelsea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Hampstead | Tyburn Brook | subterranean | |||
| Counter's Creek | Chelsea Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Kensal Green | subterranean | ||||
| River Wandle | Wandsworth Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1.7 | Waddon | 9 miles (14 km) | River Graveney Caterham Bourne Coulsdon Bourne |
78 square miles (200 km2)[4] | |
| Beverley Brook | Putney Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Worcester Park | 9 miles (14 km)[4] | Pyl Brook | 25 square miles (65 km2)[4] | ||
| Stamford Brook | Hammersmith Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Acton | subterranean - tidal reach Hammersmith Creek | ||||
| Bollar or Bollo Brook | Chiswick Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Acton | subterranean | ||||
| River Brent | Brentford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1.32 | Barnet | 18 miles (29 km) | Dollis Brook Folly Brook Mutton Brook |
58 square miles (150 km2)[4] | |
| Duke of Northumberland's River | Isleworth Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
River Crane | Artificial | ||||
| River Crane | Isleworth Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.54 | Hayes, Hillingdon | 9 miles (14 km) | Yeading Brook | 42 square miles (110 km2)[4] | |
| Sudbrook | Petersham Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Dann's Pond, Richmond Park | 2 miles (3.2 km) | Latchmere Stream | subterranean | ||
| Hogsmill River | Kingston upon Thames Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.98 | Ewell | 6 miles (9.7 km) | Bonesgate Stream | 28 square miles (73 km2) | |
| The Rythe | Thames Ditton Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Oxshott | |||||
| River Ember | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Distributary of Mole | |||||
| River Mole | Molesey Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
River Colne | 12 miles (19 km) | Artificial | |||
| River Ash | Lower Sunbury Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
River Colne | 7 miles (11 km) | ||||
| River Wey | Weybridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
6.95 | Farringdon, Hampshire Alton |
87 miles (140 km) | River Tillingbourne River Ock, Surrey |
350 square miles (910 km2) | Wey has north and south branches |
| River Bourne, north branch | Weybridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Windsor Great Park | |||||
| River Bourne, south branch | Weybridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.88 | West End, Woking | ||||
| River Colne | Staines Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
4.05 | North Mymms | Wraysbury River Frays River River Misbourne River Chess River Gade River Ver |
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| Colne Brook | Hythe End Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
River Colne | Distributary of Colne | ||||
| The Cut | Bray Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
North Ascot | 14 miles (23 km) | Bull Brook | |||
| River Wye | Bourne End Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1.00 | Bradenham | 9 miles (14 km) | |||
| River Loddon | Wargrave Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
2.16 | Basingstoke | 28 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake, Caversham | |||||
| River Kennet | Reading Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
9.75 | Swallowhead Spring | 45 miles (72 km) | Foudry Brook Clayhill Brook River Enborne River Lambourn River Dun River Og |
450 square miles (1,200 km2)[5] | |
| River Pang | Pangbourne Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.62 | Compton | 14 miles (23 km) | River Bourne, Berkshire River Roden |
66 square miles (170 km2)[6] | |
| River Thame | Dorchester Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
3.90 | Rowsham / Cheddington, Vale of Aylesbury | 40 miles (64 km) | 310 square miles (800 km2)[7] | ||
| River Ock | Abingdon Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1.52 | Little Coxwell | ||||
| River Cherwell | Oxford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
7.2 | Hellidon | 40 miles (64 km) | River Ray, Oxfordshire River Swere |
364 square miles (940 km2)[8] | |
| River Evenlode | Above King's Lock Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
3.7 | Moreton-in-Marsh | River Glyme |
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| River Windrush | Newbridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
3.27 | 40 miles (64 km) | River Dikler |
140 square miles (360 km2)[9] | ||
| River Cole | Above Buscot Lock Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1.20 | Wanborough, Wiltshire | ||||
| River Leach | Lechlade Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
0.75 | Hampnett | 18 miles (29 km) | |||
| River Coln | Lechlade Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
2.06 | Brockhampton, Gloucestershire | ||||
| River Ray, Wiltshire | Cricklade Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
1.28 | Wroughton, Wiltshire | ||||
| River Key | Cricklade Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Purton | |||||
| River Churn | Cricklade Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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
| Name | Confluence | Length | Effluence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desborough Cut | Walton-on-Thames Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 0.75 miles (1.21 km) | Weybridge | Artificial |
| Abbey River | Chertsey Lock Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Penton Hook Island | ||
| Jubilee River | Black Potts Ait Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 7.2 miles (11.6 km) | Boulter's Lock | Artificial |
| Clewer Mill Stream | Queen Elizabeth Bridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Bush Ait | ||
| Hennerton Backwater | Ferry Eyot Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 1.25 miles (2.01 km) | Unnamed Eyot | |
| Swift Ditch | Culham Bridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Abingdon Lock | ||
| Seacourt Stream and Hinksey Stream | Kennington Railway Bridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Wytham | ||
| Castle Mill Stream | Gasworks Bridge, Oxford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Port Meadow | ||
| Bulstake Stream | Osney Rail BridgeLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Four Rivers, Oxford | ||
| Sheepwash Channel | Four Rivers, Oxford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Castle Mill Stream at Isis Lock | ||
| Kingsbridge Brook | Godstow LockLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Wolvercote Mill Stream |
Linked waterways
| Name | Confluence | Length | Destination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent's Canal | Limehouse Basin Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Paddington Basin | ||
| Lee Navigation via River Lea | Bow, London Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Hertford Castle Weir | ||
| Grand Union Canal via River Brent | Brentford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Birmingham | ||
| Wey and Godalming Navigations | Weybridge Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 20 miles (32 km) | Godalming | |
| Maidenhead Waterways | Bray Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | unnavigable | ||
| Kennet and Avon Canal via River Kennet | Reading Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 87 miles (140 km) | Bristol | |
| Wilts & Berks Canal | Abingdon Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 52 miles (84 km) | Melksham | abandoned 1914, under restoration |
| Oxford Canal via Sheepwash Channel, Oxford via Dukes Cut |
Oxford Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. King's Lock Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
78 miles (126 km) | Coventry | |
| Thames and Severn Canal via River Coln | Lechlade Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | Stroud | closed 1933, under restoration |
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Thurrock Flood Risk Assessment
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Cove-Smith, Chris (2006). The River Thames Book. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson. ISBN 0-85288-892-9.
- Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs, 1920. Republished by David & Charles, 1968.
