Loughton Brook is a stream located in

Loughton Loughton () is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex. Part of the metropolitan and urban area of London, the town borders Chingford, Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill, and is northeast of Chari ...

, Essex,

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

. It runs for 4.18 Km from just north of Epping New Road, near Wake Valley Ponds, to the

River Roding The River Roding () rises at Molehill Green, Essex, England, then flows south through Essex and London and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames. Course The river leaves Molehill Green and passes through or near a group of eight ...

200 metres south of South Loughton Cricket Club.

Flooding

In the past, Loughton Brook has flooded on several occasions, especially around the

High Road/The Drive and Valley Hill/Roding Road junctions. As a result, a flood control dam was constructed just north of Staples Road, and most of the section through

runs underground. Despite this, Loughton Brook still poses a significant flood risk, with several areas (Roding Valley High School, the High Road outside Morrison's and the area around Avondale Road and Malvern Gardens) having flooded previously, and are in flood zone 3, indicating a 1 in a 100 chance of flooding in any given year. However, the brook is unlikely to flood as it did previously due to the construction of the dam at Staples Road. The brook is dammed at three places along its route; at Wake Valley Ponds (next to Epping New Road), at Baldwin's pond, and just north of Staples Road (for flood prevention).

Cinema

A bridge over Loughton Brook was the scene of the Black Knight sequence in the 1975 film '' Monty Python and the Holy Grail''.

References

{{reflist Geography of Essex