Heacham River
Heacham River | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | England |
County | Norfolk |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Bircham Newton |
• coordinates | 52°52′23″N 0°36′50″E / 52.873°N 0.614°E |
Mouth | |
• location | The Wash at Heacham Beach |
• coordinates | 52°54′13″N 0°28′13″E / 52.903732°N 0.470384°E |
Length | 16.4 km (10.2 mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Heacham |
• average | 0.21 m3/s (7.4 cu ft/s) |
Heacham River is a small river in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district of the English County of Norfolk.[1] Its source is near the village of Bircham Newton grid reference TF762 339, 25 metres above sea level. The river is 16.4 kilometres (10.2 mi) long from the source to the outfall on Heacham beach, which discharges into The Wash at low tide.[2]
Course
From its source at a pond near Bircham Newton the river flows towards Fring where it is crossed by Peddars Way and then runs across open countryside in a north westerly direction. Over the years this part of the river has been heavily modified but without any significant flood defence. After 2 miles the river runs through a shallow wooded valley south of the village of Sedgeford. From Sedgeford the river slowly curves north west towards Heacham crossing under the B1454 road and then turns west towards the only mill on the river. Just past the road bridge the river divides into two: one branch which once fed the millpond for the mill, and the other running past the mill.
Heacham Watermill
See also
References
- ISBN 0-319-21886-4.
- ^ "Heacham River". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
External links
- Media related to Heacham River at Wikimedia Commons
- Heacham – Community website
- Heacham Online
- William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845
- 1891 Census of Heacham
- Norfolk Lavender