2012

TQ6849 : Duck on the River Medway

taken 12 years ago, near to Nettlestead Green, Kent, England

Duck on the River Medway
Duck on the River Medway
By Parsonage Oasts.
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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TQ6849, 109 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 28 March, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 3 April, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 688 496 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:13.2862N 0:24.9924E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 688 496
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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