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GUIDE TO THE RIVER ROTHER (Robertsbridge to Newenden) NAME OF RIVER: River Rother. WHERE IS IT?: Sussex, near Bodiam Castle.. Map. PUT-INS/ TAKEOUTS: Put in: Easiest, including roadside parking, at either Newenden recreation ground (A28 in Newenden, north bank and east of road), B2082 between Wittersham and Iden, or from a tributary, the Newmill Channel on a side road at TQ872281. could also ask NT for permission to put in from their land at Bodiam Castle. APPROX LENGTH: Bodiam – 3 miles – Newenden – 5 miles – Iden – 5 miles – Scots Float Lock at Rye. Canoeable in flood conditions from Robertsbridge. TIME NEEDED: You pays your money and you takes your choice! ACCESS SITUATION: Public navigation. WATER LEVEL INDICATORS: Regulated at Scots Float lock from tidal water – no other locks or weirs. GRADING: I – placid. MAJOR HAZARDS/ FALLS: None. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Boring between high embankments. Best bit is Newenden to Bodiam and back; you can go ashore at Bodiam, round the Castle (NT) and have tea. OTHER NOTES: Unbelievably, when you see it, the French attacked Robertsbridge, another 5 miles above Bodiam, in the 14th century up what is today little more than a ditch (it would have been tidal then). CONTRIBUTED BY: David Wilson. |
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