The Lost Rivers of London

[Tengisgol]

I thought that this was fascinating, particularly the suggestion that London's best salmon fishing used to be the River Tyburn which is now buried underneath Buckingham Palace!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29551351

[Lea Dweller]

I went to Fleet road school, just down the road from Hampstead in 1953, the River Fleet had long since gone underground and I believe ran under Fleet Street in central London.

[Bobthefloat]

Great post very interesting

[Rutland Rod]

The Effra was supposed to run underneath the block of flats I lived in between the Oval and the Elephant and Castle, looking at the map in the BBC program it was certainly in the area, as an aside the work the Wild Trout Trust is doing with its 'Trout in the Town/Cities scheme shows what can be done in restoring urban / industrial area streams.
Tight lines
Dave

[Chris Bettis]

London at one time had a lot of rivers nearly all have either dried up or now flow underground.

[JW1]

That's an interesting piece, fortunately South London fares much better and although there are trout, I have yet to come across any salmon.

JW

[Santiago]

Charles Rangley Wilson??? did a fishing programme about these rivers a few years ago. He was trying to catch a trout within the M25.

[Mark_N]

It is a fascinating subject..

I have a book called the lost rivers of London by NJ Barton, it lists in its index 14 rivers and 5 "dubious lost rivers"
I've not read it for many years, I have it next to me for a quick peruse sometime.

[Shropshire Lad]

The Charles Rangely Wilson programme is called the accidental angler and it can be viewed on youtube.

[Shropshire Lad]

The Charles Rangely Wilson programme is called the accidental angler and it can be viewed on youtube.