Mouth of River Wandle
Introduction
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Mouth of River Wandle
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 14 Apr 2012
There is a weir at the mouth, intended to have a central moving section that only lowered at higher tide levels, so allowing deep draught vessels to enter when the tide is suitable, yet impounding water at lower tides. Traffic lights controlled navigation over the weir. This has been inoperative for some time, with the weir lowered, so the river is fully tidal. The River Wandle comes from right of the camera, and is only navigable (dependent on the tide) for a very short distance. To the left of the camera is Bell Lane Creek, navigable rather further to Bell Weir south of the railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.462593
Longitude
-0.195118