River Mole (Thames)

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River Mole
The River Mole (dark blue) and the Thames (light blue)

The River Mole (dark blue) and the Thames (light blue)

Data
location West Sussex , Surrey , England
River system Thames
Drain over Thames  → North Sea
source in the south of Rusper
51 ° 7 ′ 4 ″  N , 0 ° 16 ′ 58 ″  W
muzzle in the Thames Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 55 "  N , 0 ° 20 ′ 20"  W 51 ° 23 ′ 55 "  N , 0 ° 20 ′ 20"  W.

Catchment area 477.35 km²
Left tributaries Hookwood Common Brook ,
Spencer's Gill , Gad Brook ,
Tanner's Brook , Pipp Brook , Dead River
Right tributaries Sloughbrook Gill , Ifield Brook ,
Crawter's Brook , Gatwick Stream , Burstow Stream , Salfords Stream , Earlswood Brook , Wallace Brook
Small towns Molesey , Thames Ditton , Esher , Cobham , Leatherhead , Dorking , Horley , Crawley
Communities Rusper , Brockham
The river mole

The river mole

The River Mole is a watercourse in England . It has its source in the south of Rusper in West Sussex and initially flows in an easterly direction. To the north of Crawley it turns north and flows under Gatwick Airport to Horley , Surrey . The mole crosses the North Downs between Dorking and Leatherhead in the so-called Mole Gap , which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) of European importance. The course of the pier is shaped by meanders . To the west of Thames Ditton , the tributary of the River Ember separates from it and forms a ring with the main arm around the Island Barn Reservoir . The River Mole flows into the Thames opposite Hampton Court Palace .

Step-Stone Bridge on the River Mole in Box Hill, Surrey

The river gives its name to the Mole Valley district in Surrey.

Historically, the River Mole flowed further upstream into the Thames and the River Ember had its own mouth in the area where it is today, but in the 1930s the mouth of the two rivers merged when the Hampton Court Bridge was built.

Web links

Commons : River Mole  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Environment Agency , Mole Abstraction licensing strategy (February 2013), p. 26, accessed on March 29, 2016
  2. ^ East Molesey History , accessed April 3, 2016.