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GUIDE TO THE RIVER STOUR (Grove Ferry to Sandwich) NAME OF RIVER: River Stour, Kent. WHERE IS IT?: The best section is a few miles downstream from Canterbury. Map. PUT-INS/ TAKEOUTS: Put in: Grove Ferry. The free riverside public car park is at TR235632, next to the pub on a turning off the A28. There is a landing stage. APPROX LENGTH: To Fordwich upstream and back, 8 miles. Downstream to Sandwich about 10 miles but not worth the trouble – river between high banks and very muddy, especially if trying to get out at Sandwich on all but the highest tide. TIME NEEDED: 2 ½ hours – less if you get the tide just right. ACCESS SITUATION: Public tidal water. WATER LEVEL INDICATORS: Leave Grove Ferry about 2 ½ hours after high water at Dover to get tidal advantage going upstream and coming back. Spring tides advised if going all the way to Fordwich. GRADING: I – placid. MAJOR HAZARDS/ FALLS: GENERAL DESCRIPTION: River with reedbeds and lakes (old gravel workings). OTHER NOTES: The lakes and the marshes (especially Stodmarsh on the south bank) support a very large variety of birds. Stodmarsh is a Nature reserve – please respect notices. CONTRIBUTED BY: David Wilson. |
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