2009

TQ6046 : The Botany Stream meets the River Medway

taken 15 years ago, near to Tonbridge, Kent, England

The Botany Stream meets the River Medway
The Botany Stream meets the River Medway
The botany stream heads north from Tonbridge and meets the large river here.
River Medway

The 70 mile long river starts at Turners Hill, at the West Sussex border, and through Kent to meet the Thames Estuary. It travels through many major towns, including Tonbridge, Maidstone, Strood and Rochester. The river has many locks from Tonbridge to Allington, where the river becomes tidal. Boats can navigate the river up to Tonbridge. At Yalding there is a short diversion along the Hampstead Road Canal, whilst the river goes over sluices and below the Twyford Bridge.
After floods devastated Tonbridge in 1968 a substantial flood barrier was built in 1981 on the Medway at nearby Leigh, to protect the town.
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TQ6046, 95 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Anstiss   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 7 June, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 8 June, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 602 466 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.8076N 0:17.4861E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 601 467
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SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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