Over Bough Beech Reservoir
Bough Beech is a hamlet in the county of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England, and is south of the
Bough Beech Reservoir. It is located approximately three miles east of
Edenbridge Edenbridge may mean:
* Edenbridge (band), a symphonic metal band from Austria
*Edenbridge, Kent, a town in England
*Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, a former Jewish settlement in Canada
*Humber Valley Village
Humber Valley Village is a neighbourhood lo ...
(of which it is part) and five miles south west of
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter main line railway into London. Sevenoaks is from Charing Cross, the traditio ...
. It is in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Chiddingstone
Chiddingstone is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the River Eden between Tonbridge and Edenbridge. The village of Chiddingstone Causeway and the hamlet Chiddingstone Hoath are al ...
. The reservoir is a nature reserve, in particular for bird watching; it is especially important for migrating
osprey
The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...
, though they are a rare sight now the reservoir is no longer stocked with trout.
The reservoir is owned by the
SES Water Company,
who supply tap water to settlements west of the reservoir; including
Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport (), also known as London Gatwick , is a major international airport near Crawley, West Sussex, England, south of Central London. In 2021, Gatwick was the third-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK, after H ...
in West Sussex and
Morden
Morden is a district and town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton to the south and Worcester ...
in south London.
The hamlet of Bough Beech is close to the
Redhill to Tonbridge Line Redhill may refer to:
Places England
* Redhill, Bournemouth, Dorset
* Redhill, Herefordshire, a location
* Redhill, Nottinghamshire
* Redhill, Hook-a-Gate, Shropshire
* Redhill, Sheriffhales, Shropshire
* Redhill, Telford, a location in Shrops ...
and has a pub, 'The Wheatsheaf'.
References
External links
Bough Beech Local Information
Villages in Kent
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