Longford River in East Bedfont
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Longford River in East Bedfont
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 May 2011
The Longford River is an artificial watercourse, built in 1638 on the instructions of King Charles I, and about 12 miles or about 19 kilometres long, that takes water off the River Colne and diverts it to provide a supply to Hampton Court Gardens. The river has had several different names in the past. For example the 1895 Ordnance Survey map refers to it as "Queen's or Cardinal's River". This is the view looking downstream from the Hatton Road bridge. Because there is a bridge over another artificial watercourse, The Duke of Northumberland's River, a very short distance, about 30 metres, to the north, the pair of bridges are known as Two Bridges.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.456503
Longitude
-0.434584