The stour is the longest river in dorset with one of its tributaries being the river allen which is home to dorset s largest population of the threatened native white clawed crayfish. By using this site you agree to the use of cookies.
West dorset rivers and coastal streams.
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All are maintained by the river which provides food and some shelter by the growth on its banks. Find a rivers on gumtree in dorset the 1 site for classifieds ads in the uk. John chaffey concludes his journey down the river stour.
The origin of local river names is shown in cullingford s book history of dorset. The river stour is a 61 mi 98 km river which flows through wiltshire and dorset in southern england and drains into the english channel. If angling is your thing then we ve put together a handy list of information to help you get you started on your fishing trip to dorset.
Fishing lakes rivers. A mere five miles from manchester this freestone spring fed river like the battenkill begins near dorset in vermont s green mountains. Throop flour mills still bear the name of their last operator even though they closed in 1972.
Torrential rain has turned roads to rivers in dorset at the start of a two day deluge today as thunderstorms are forecast to hit parts of britain ahead of the august bank holiday weekend. A tributary of lake champlain the 28 mile long mettawee is among vermont s most highly regarded trout streams boasting 500 fish per mile. Dorset s rivers the stour.
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From angling clubs and lakes to riverbanks and rod shops you ll find it all here and if sea fishing is more your thing check out our sea fishing page too. This project was delivered in partnership with dorset coast forum dcf dorset. From west to east celtic river names are lym char bride toller cerne frome lydden divelish stour iwerne.
Over the winter of 2014 2015 the dorset aonb team led on a small piece of work to identify the main water quality issues faced by local people and organisations within the west dorset rivers coastal streams catchment. The catchment area for the river and its tributaries is listed as being 480 square miles 1 240 km 2. The stour is slow moving with lots of different fish species including eels roach and grayling which provide food for the many resident otters.
