River Brent in Brent River Park
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River Brent in Brent River Park
Image: © Marathon Taken: 22 Oct 2014
The River Brent starts where the Dollis Brook and Mutton Brook meet in Hendon and eventually flows into the Thames at Brentford, sharing much of the last part of its course with the Grand Union Canal. Much of its course has been straightened and put into a concrete straightjacket as here. The purpose was to reduce the risk of local flooding by allowing the water to flow rapidly and unhindered out of the area. John Betjeman touched on this in his poem 'Middlesex': "Gentle Brent, I used to know you Wandering Wembley-wards at will, Now what change your waters show you In the meadowlands you fill," Further upriver in Brent River Park a more natural course for the river has been created.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.546025
Longitude
-0.271574