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36-765: The Wogebourne ( / w oʊ ɡ ˈ b ɔːr n / ) is an 8 km (5.0 mi) tributary of the River Thames in the southeast London boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley , that flows generally in a northeasterly direction, from its source in Oxleas Wood in Shooter's Hill , to Thamesmead where it joins the Thames. The Wogebourne has appeared in records since at least the fourteenth century, and has been known by other names including Woghbourne , Plumstead River , and Wickham Valley Watercourse . The upper reaches of

72-434: A navigational context, if one were floating on a raft or other vessel in the main stream, this would be the side the tributary enters from as one floats past; alternately, if one were floating down the tributary, the main stream meets it on the opposite bank of the tributary. This information may be used to avoid turbulent water by moving towards the opposite bank before approaching the confluence. An early tributary

108-641: A curved path through the woodland, and under several small footbridges, first southeast toward Falconwood , then east followed by north toward the A207 road , Shooter's Hill and part of Watling Street . The river flows northward under this main road, just to the west side of the We Anchor In Hope pub , and BP petrol station in Welling . From here its course goes northeast for just over 1 km (0.62 mi) mostly lined with trees and shrubs through

144-499: A lake called Southmere in Thamesmead , at an elevation of just 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Southmere is a man-made lake 8.5 ha (21 acres) in area and around 400 m (1,300 ft) across, from here the watercourse continues northward in a wider man-made open channel named Crossway Canal , for around 1.5 km (0.93 mi), through Crossway Park , under the local main road Crossway several small footbridges, and

180-447: A larger stream ( main stem or "parent" ), river, or a lake . A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean . Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater , leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in

216-414: A left tributary which is called Right Fork Steer Creek. These naming conventions are reflective of the circumstances of a particular river's identification and charting: people living along the banks of a river, with a name known to them, may then float down the river in exploration, and each tributary joining it as they pass by appears as a new river, to be given its own name, perhaps one already known to

252-609: A pond, both which no longer exist. When the County of London existed from 1889 to 1965 the Wogebourne formed some of its boundary with the county of Kent near Welling and East Wickham . In the twentieth century the Wogebourne within East Wickham Open Space was diverted underground into a straight culvert . In 2015 Crossrail were constructing new railway between Abbey Wood and Plumstead stations, for

288-416: A sharp left turn just by the northwest corner of Plumstead Cemetery . From here the river travels northwest for another 300 m (980 ft) in an open channel between the back gardens of Woodbrook Road to the southwest and Bostall Woods to the northeast, from where another short tributary joins, passing beneath a cul-de-sac named Streamdale then returning to another underground culvert. From here

324-410: A third stream entering between two others is designated the middle fork; or the streams are distinguished by the relative height of one to the other, as one stream descending over a cataract into another becomes the upper fork, and the one it descends into, the lower ; or by relative volume: the smaller stream designated the little fork, the larger either retaining its name unmodified, or receives

360-514: Is a tributary that joins the main stem river closer to its source than its mouth, that is, before the river's midpoint ; a late tributary joins the main stem further downstream, closer to its mouth than to its source, that is, after the midpoint. In the United States, where tributaries sometimes have the same name as the river into which they feed, they are called forks . These are typically designated by compass direction. For example,

396-517: Is usually called the Wogebourne , or sometimes River Wogebourne . This name has been in use since at least the fourteenth century, when the alternative spelling Woghbourne , was also in use in addition to the present day spelling. Another name that has been used to refer to the watercourse since at least the sixteenth century is Plumstead River . More recently the river has been called Wickham Valley Watercourse , or Wickham Valley Waterway . In

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432-521: The Ridgeway and Green Chain Walk paths then through a nature reserve Crossway Lake , before emptying into the River Thames . There is another series of canals to the west which connect with Crossway Canal, named Harrow Canal , Waterfield Canal and Butts Canal linking several slightly smaller man-made lakes including Birchmere , and Thamesmere . The Wogebourne has been documented since at least

468-648: The American River in California receives flow from its North, Middle, and South forks. The Chicago River 's North Branch has the East, West, and Middle Fork; the South Branch has its South Fork, and used to have a West Fork as well (now filled in). Forks are sometimes designated as right or left. Here, the handedness is from the point of view of an observer facing upstream. For instance, Steer Creek has

504-731: The Queen’s Beasts were planted in 1953 to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II . Hall Place is a Grade I listed Historic Park , and has received a Green Flag Award for excellence in a public park or garden for 20 consecutive years from 1996 to 2016. The site is maintained by the Bexley Heritage Trust. Lamorbey Park is a 57-hectare (140-acre) park in Lamorbey , which was added to the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in 1988. Originally

540-469: The station then turns northward for another 600 m (2,000 ft) behind Boxgrove Primary School . Here the stream flows east parallel with Eynsham Drive for 200 m (660 ft) beneath the car parks of a Lidl store and a vet surgery, then travels northeast for another 400 m (1,300 ft) under Harrow Manorway part of the A2041 road and more residential buildings before emptying into

576-869: The 1920s with a large lake that houses the Lamorbey Angling Society. Lesnes Abbey Woods is an 88 hectare area of ancient woodland to the south-east of Abbey Wood , named after the Lesnes Abbey ruins that lie within its area. It is adjacent to Bostall Woods . The area is a Local Nature Reserve , and includes the Abbey Wood geological Site of Special Scientific Interest , an important site for early Tertiary fossils. There are four designated Local Nature Reserves in Bexley, Crossness Nature Reserve , Danson Park Bog Garden, Foots Cray Meadows and Lesnes Abbey Woods. Other small parks in

612-463: The Wogebourne continues flowing underground for another 800 m (2,600 ft) beneath the residential roads Myrtledene Road , Manton Road , Blithdale Road and Bracondale Road before passing underneath the North Kent Line . The Wogebourne them takes a sharp right turn and flows east for 1.2 km (0.75 mi) between the railway line and Mottisfont Road towards Abbey Wood near

648-416: The designation big . Tributaries are sometimes listed starting with those nearest to the source of the river and ending with those nearest to the mouth of the river . The Strahler stream order examines the arrangement of tributaries in a hierarchy of first, second, third and higher orders, with the first-order tributary being typically the least in size. For example, a second-order tributary would be

684-519: The estate consisted of 119 hectares belonging to William Steele, a director of the East India Company , but over time sections of the estate have been separated for other uses, including two secondary schools ( Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School and Hurstmere School ), Rose Bruford College , and Sidcup Golf Club. The area of the park still in public ownership includes The Glade , a 7.4-hectare (18-acre) area of historic landscape laid in

720-639: The fields of Woodlands Farm . This section of the stream marks the boundary between the London Boroughs of Greenwich to the west and Bexley to the east. Here the stream is joined from the east by a tiny spring tributary near the Anchor in Hope pub and a slightly longer tributary from the west joining from near the Woodlands Farm buildings and the grounds of Shooter's Hill Golf Course . At

756-462: The finest green open space in the borough, and is Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens . The Hall Place estate is 65 hectares of landscaped gardens and grounds set around a 16th Century Grade I Listed stately home, including a topiary lawn, herb garden, tropical garden and long herbaceous cottage garden-styled borders. The gardens were first opened to the public in 1952 by Katharine, Duchess of Kent . Topiary replicas of

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792-415: The fourteenth century, and was originally a tidal river in part. In the early twentieth century and earlier, the section of the river that runs through what is now East Wickham Open Space flowed in a meandering path above ground through the areas of woodland, Bourne Spring Wood , previously called Bowan Spring Wood and Hill Grove , and was joined from the south by a short tributary that flowed through

828-399: The live rails. Initially the contractors thought the river diversion may cost up to £20 million, but managed to complete the work at a lower price. In the twenty first century the local government have had concerns about the possibility of the river flooding, especially in its lower reaches. Tributary A tributary , or an affluent , is a stream or river that flows into

864-403: The main stream. Distributaries are most often found in river deltas . Right tributary , or right-bank tributary , and left tributary , or left-bank tributary , describe the orientation of the tributary relative to the flow of the main stem river. These terms are defined from the perspective of looking downstream, that is, facing the direction the water current of the main stem is going. In

900-466: The new Elizabeth line to meet the existing North Kent Line . During excavation the underground section of the River Wogebourne was uncovered causing minor flooding and the water was temporarily diverted whilst construction continued. 270 m (890 ft) of underground culvert near Abbey Wood railway station was destroyed, and a by-pass culvert was created for the watercourse further from

936-484: The nineteenth and twentieth centuries, where the Wogebourne now completes its course through a man-made lake called Southmere and a purpose-built channel named Crossway Canal which empties into the Thames at Crossness . In its upper reaches, part of the Wogebourne marks some of the boundary between the London boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley, and in the past the County of London 's border with Kent . The watercourse

972-486: The northern end of the fields the stream passes south of Willow Dene School and Swingate Lane Playing Fields before entering a culvert at the elevation of 40 m (130 ft) and flowing east under the residential roads Edison Grove and Glenmore Road in East Wickham . The stream flows underground northeastward in a straight culvert for 1 km (0.62 mi), underneath East Wickham Open Space just to

1008-464: The people who live upon its banks. Conversely, explorers approaching a new land from the sea encounter its rivers at their mouths, where they name them on their charts, then, following a river upstream, encounter each tributary as a forking of the stream to the right and to the left, which then appear on their charts as such; or the streams are seen to diverge by the cardinal direction (north, south, east, or west) in which they proceed upstream, sometimes

1044-412: The result of two or more first-order tributaries combining to form the second-order tributary. Another method is to list tributaries from mouth to source, in the form of a tree structure , stored as a tree data structure . East Wickham Open Space Foots Cray Meadows is an area of parkland and woodland 100 hectares (240 acres) in size, and the largest open space in the borough. It borders

1080-474: The river gently curves northward toward Plumstead and is joined by a small stream coming from Winn's Common to the west, and passes under several residential roads including Waterdale Road , Oakmere Road , Rutherglen Road , Bastion Road , Glendale Road , Gatling Road then under Bostall Hill part of the A206 road after almost 1 km (0.62 mi) at the elevation of 11 m (36 ft). After this

1116-404: The smaller Penny Farthing Bridge. The Meadows are a Local Nature Reserve , and a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation . They have also received a Green Flag Award . Danson Park is situated between Welling and Bexleyheath . At 75 hectares, it is the second largest public park in the borough and the most used by the community. Opened in 1925, it is often considered

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1152-528: The south of Woolwich Cemetery then under another small residential road Bournewood Road , then emerges above ground again at the elevation of 25 m (82 ft) between two houses on the east side of Wickham Lane , part of the A209 road . From here the stream continues flowing northeasterly between houses and gardens, in an open concrete channel, except when it passes under the residential road Woodbrook Road for another 300 m (980 ft) when it takes

1188-497: The suburbs of Albany Park , Sidcup , Foots Cray , North Cray and Ruxley . The River Cray runs through it in a north-easterly direction. The London Loop , a public recreational walking path around London, also known as the "M25 for walkers", runs through the meadows parallel to the river from Sidcup Place, just south of the meadows. The meadows contain two bridges across the River Cray: Five Arches bridge and

1224-802: The twentieth century the end of the watercourse around Thamesmead and the wetlands of Plumstead and Erith Marshes was diverted into purpose built channels for the water to flow into the River Thames, these have individual names including Crossway Canal , Harrow Canal , Waterfield Canal , and Butts Canal . The Wogebourne rises within Oxleas Woods southeast of Shooter's Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich from several sources. The main source has an elevation of around 97 m (318 ft) above sea level, where it flows for about 1 km (0.62 mi) and dropping 30 m (98 ft) in

1260-577: The watercourse in Shooter's Hill, Falconwood , Welling , and East Wickham are above ground through woodland, farmland and fields, where several smaller tributaries join; whereas the lower reaches in Plumstead , Abbey Wood , and Thamesmead are mostly underground within culverts beneath residential areas. The final part of the river in Thamesmead was previously marshland which was drained in

1296-433: The world with a length of 4,248 km (2,640 mi). The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of 31,200 m /s (1.1 million cu ft/s). A confluence , where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary , a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from

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