River Coln
For several similarly named rivers, see River Colne (disambiguation).
River Coln | |
River | |
River Coln south of Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire | |
Country | England |
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Counties | Gloucestershire |
Towns | Fairford |
Source | |
- location | Brockhampton, Gloucestershire |
Mouth | River Thames |
- location | Lechlade, Gloucestershire |
Discharge | for Fairford |
- average | 2.06 m3/s (73 cu ft/s) |
- max | 6.2 m3/s (219 cu ft/s) 21 February 1995 |
- min | 0.51 m3/s (18 cu ft/s) 31 October 1990 |
Discharge elsewhere (average) | |
- Bibury | 1.33 m3/s (47 cu ft/s) |
- Fossebridge | 0.47 m3/s (17 cu ft/s) |
The River Coln is a river in Gloucestershire, England. It rises at Brockhampton to the east of Cheltenham, and flows in a south/south-easterly direction through the Cotswold Hills via Andoversford, Withington, Fossbridge, Bibury, Coln St Aldwyns, Quenington and Fairford. It joins the River Thames to the south-west of Lechlade, where it shares a confluence with the Thames and Severn Canal, by The Round House Footbridge.[1]
Extensive gravel pits that are now redundant, lying between Fairford and Lechlade, form the Eastern component of the Cotswold Water Park, which is fed and drained by the Coln.[2]
The river is host to many species of freshwater fish including brown trout and grayling.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 http://www.ecn.ac.uk/sites/coln.html Environmental Change Network
- ↑ http://www.waterpark.org/ Cotswold Water Park
Next confluence upstream | River Thames | Next confluence downstream |
River Ray (south) | River Coln | River Leach (north) |
Coordinates: 51°41′N 1°42′W / 51.683°N 1.700°W
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