Tributaries of the River Thames

This article lists the tributaries of the River Thames, in England. It also includes significant backwaters and waterways which also 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.

1 Tributaries
2 Backwaters and cuts
3 Linked waterways
4 See also
5 References

Tributaries

Name	Confluence	Average discharge (m³/s)^[1]	Source	Length	Tributaries	Catchment	Notes
DarentRiver Darent	Dartford		Westerham	&1000000000000002100000021 miles (34 km)	River Cray	&10000000000000154000000154 square miles (400 km²)^[2]
Mardyke	Purfleet	0.48	Holden's Wood between Great Warley and Little Warley^[3]	&1000000000000001100000011 miles (18 km)		&1000000000000003500000035 square miles (91 km²)
IngrebourneRiver Ingrebourne	Rainham, London	0.33	Brentwood	&1000000000000002700000027 miles (43 km)			tidal reach Rainham Creek
BeamRiver Beam	Dagenham	0.34	Romford		The Ravensbourne		downstream name for River Rom
RodingRiver Roding	Creekmouth	1.85	Dunmow	&1000000000000001100000011 miles (18 km)^[4]		&10000000000000132000000132 square miles (340 km²)^[4]	tidal reach Barking Creek
Lea00River Lea	Bow, London		Leagrave	&1000000000000004200000042 miles (68 km)	River Moselle The Hackney Brook River Stort Turkey Brook New River River Beane River Mimram	&10000000000000550000000550 square miles (1,400 km²)^[4]	tidal reach Bow Creek
RavensbourneRiver Ravensbourne	Deptford	0.43	Keston	&1000000000000001100000011 miles (18 km)	Spring Brook River Pool River Quaggy	&1000000000000006900000069 square miles (180 km²)	tidal reach Deptford Creek
NeckingerRiver Neckinger	Shad Thames		Southwark				subterranean
Walbrook	Finsbury		City of London				subterranean
FleetRiver Fleet	Blackfriars, London		Hampstead Heath				subterranean also known as the Holbourne
EffraRiver Effra	Vauxhall		Crystal Palace, London				subterranean
TyburnRiver Tyburn	Pimlico		Hampstead				subterranean
Falconbrook	Battersea		Tooting Bec Common				subterranean
WestbourneRiver Westbourne	Chelsea		Hampstead		Tyburn Brook		subterranean
Counter's Creek	Chelsea		Kensal Green				subterranean
WandleRiver Wandle	Wandsworth	1.7	Waddon	&100000000000000090000009 miles (14 km)	River Graveney Caterham Bourne Coulsdon Bourne	&1000000000000007800000078 square miles (200 km²)^[4]
Beverley Brook	Putney		Worcester Park	&100000000000000090000009 miles (14 km)^[4]	Pyl Brook	&1000000000000002500000025 square miles (65 km²)^[4]
Stamford Brook	Hammersmith		Acton				subterranean - tidal reach Hammersmith Creek
Bollar or Bollo Brook	Chiswick		Acton				subterranean
BrentRiver Brent	Brentford	1.32	Barnet	&1000000000000001800000018 miles (29 km)	Dollis Brook Folly Brook Mutton Brook	&1000000000000005800000058 square miles (150 km²)^[4]
Duke of Northumberland's River	Isleworth		River Crane				Artificial
CraneRiver Crane	Isleworth	0.54	Hayes, Hillingdon	&100000000000000090000009 miles (14 km)	Yeading Brook	&1000000000000004200000042 square miles (110 km²)^[4]
Hogsmill River	Kingston upon Thames	0.98	Ewell	&100000000000000060000006 miles (9.7 km)	Bonesgate Stream	&1000000000000002800000028 square miles (73 km²)
RytheThe Rythe	Thames Ditton		Oxshott
EmberRiver Ember							Distributary of Mole
MoleRiver Mole	Molesey	5.43	Rusper	&1000000000000005000000050 miles (80 km)	Ifield Brook Gatwick Stream Earlswood Brook Pipp Brook The Rye	&10000000000000198000000198 square miles (510 km²)
Longford River	Hampton Court Palace		River Colne	&1000000000000001200000012 miles (19 km)			Artificial
AshRiver Ash	Lower Sunbury		River Colne	&100000000000000070000007 miles (11 km)
WeyRiver Wey	Weybridge	6.95	Farringdon, Hampshire Alton	&1000000000000008700000087 miles (140 km)	River Tillingbourne River Ock, Surrey	&10000000000000350000000350 square miles (910 km²)	Wey has north and south branches
BourneRiver Bourne, north branch	Weybridge		Windsor Great Park
BourneRiver Bourne, south branch	Weybridge		West End, Woking
ColneRiver Colne	Staines	4.05	North Mymms		Wraysbury River Frays River River Misbourne River Chess River Gade River Ver
Colne Brook	Hythe End		River Colne				Distributary of Colne
CutThe Cut	Bray		North Ascot	&1000000000000001400000014 miles (23 km)	Bull Brook
WyeRiver Wye	Bourne End	1.00	Bradenham	&100000000000000090000009 miles (14 km)
LoddonRiver Loddon	Wargrave	2.16	Basingstoke	&1000000000000002800000028 miles (45 km)	St Patrick's Stream River Broadwater Emm Brook River Blackwater	&10000000000000400000000400 square miles (1,000 km²)
Berry BrookBerry Brook	Hallsmead Ait, near Shiplake		Redgrave-Pinsent Rowing Lake, Caversham
KennettRiver Kennet	Reading	9.75	Swallowhead Spring	&1000000000000004500000045 miles (72 km)	Foudry Brook Clayhill Brook River Enborne River Lambourn River Dun River Og	&10000000000000450000000450 square miles (1,200 km²)^[5]
PangRiver Pang	Pangbourne	0.62	Compton	&1000000000000001400000014 miles (23 km)	River Bourne, Berkshire River Roden	&1000000000000006600000066 square miles (170 km²)^[6]
ThameRiver Thame	Dorchester	3.90	Vale of Aylesbury	&1000000000000004000000040 miles (64 km)		&10000000000000310000000310 square miles (800 km²)^[7]
OckRiver Ock	Abingdon	1.52	Little Coxwell
CherwellRiver Cherwell	Oxford	7.2	Hellidon	&1000000000000004000000040 miles (64 km)	River Ray, Oxfordshire River Swere	&10000000000000364000000364 square miles (940 km²)^[8]
EvenlodeRiver Evenlode	Above King's Lock	3.7	Moreton-in-Marsh		River Glyme
WindrushRiver Windrush	Newbridge	3.27		&1000000000000004000000040 miles (64 km)	River Dikler	&10000000000000140000000140 square miles (360 km²)^[9]
ColeRiver Cole	Above Buscot Lock		Wanborough, Wiltshire
LeachRiver Leach	Lechlade		Hampnett	&1000000000000001800000018 miles (29 km)
Coln00River Coln	Lechlade	2.06	Brockhampton, Gloucestershire
RayRiver Ray, Wiltshire	Cricklade	1.28	Wroughton, Wiltshire
KeyRiver Key	Cricklade		Purton
ChurnRiver Churn	Cricklade	0.86	Cheltenham	&1000000000000001600000016 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	0.75 miles (1.21 km)	Weybridge	Artificial
Abbey River	Chertsey Lock		Penton Hook Island
Jubilee River	Black Potts Ait	7.2 miles (11.6 km)	Boulter's Lock	Artificial
Clewer Mill Stream	Queen Elizabeth Bridge		Bush Ait
Hedsor Water	Cookham Lock
Hennerton Backwater	Ferry Eyot	1.25 miles (2.01 km)	Unnamed Eyot
Swift Ditch	Culham Bridge		Abingdon Lock
Seacourt Stream and Hinksey Stream	Kennington Railway Bridge		Wytham
Castle Mill Stream	Gasworks Bridge, Oxford		Port Meadow
Sheepwash Channel	Four Rivers, Oxford		Castle Mill Stream at Isis Lock
Bulstake Stream	Osney Rail Bridge		Four Rivers, Oxford

Linked waterways

Name	Confluence	Length	Destination
Regent's Canal	Limehouse Basin		Paddington Basin
Lee Navigation via River Lea	Bow, London		Hertford Castle Weir
Grand Union Canal via River Brent	Brentford		Birmingham
Wey and Godalming Navigations	Weybridge	20 miles (32 km)	Godalming
Maidenhead Waterways	Bray
Kennet and Avon Canal via River Kennet	Reading	87 miles (140 km)	Bristol
Wilts & Berks Canal	Abingdon	52 miles (84 km)	Melksham
Oxford Canal via Oxford/ via Dukes Cut	Oxford / King's Lock	78 miles (126 km)	Coventry
Thames and Severn Canal via River Coln	Lechlade		Stroud

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References

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^ Maltby E. "River Darent". SuRCaSE project. University of Liverpool. http://www.liv.ac.uk/surcase/catchments/river_darentent.html. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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^ Maltby E. "River Kennett". SuRCaSE project. University of Liverpool. http://www.liv.ac.uk/surcase/catchments/river_kennet.html. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
^ Neal C (2000). "The water quality of a tributary of the Thames, the Pang, southern England". Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier) 251/252: 459–475. doi:10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00399-5. PMID 10847178.
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^ Neal C (2006). "River water quality of the River Cherwell: An agricultural clay-dominated catchment in the upper Thames Basin, southeastern England". Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier) 360 (1-3): 272–289. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.08.040. PMID 16253306.
^ Johnes PJ (1991). "Water Quality Trends in the Windrush Catchment: Nitrogen Speciation and Sediment Interactions". Sediment and Stream Water Quality in a Changing Environment: Trends and Explanation (International Association of Hydrological Sciences) 203: 349–357. http://iahs.info/redbooks/a203/iahs_203_0349.pdf. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

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Tributaries of the River Thames

Contents

Tributaries

Backwaters and cuts

Linked waterways

See also

References