River Leach
The River Leach is a river and upper tributary to the Thames, in England which runs almost entirely in Gloucestershire. It is approximately 18 miles long, springing from the limestone uplands of the Cotswolds.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Leach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kelmscott Manor and Garden Cottage.
Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott, in West Oxfordshire, southern England, close to the River Thames. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelmscott and Buscot.
Kelmscott
Village
Kelmscott is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, about 2 miles east of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. Since 2001 it has absorbed Little Faringdon, which had been a separate civil parish.
Buscot
Village
Buscot is an English village and civil parish on the River Thames, about 1.5 miles south-east of Lechlade. Buscot was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Two houses there contain notable collections of paintings. Buscot is situated 1½ miles west of River Leach.
Grafton
Hamlet
Grafton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Grafton and Radcot, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is in the Thames Valley, about 3+1⁄2 miles north of Faringdon. Grafton Lock is on the River Thames about 1 mile south of the hamlet. Grafton is situated 1½ miles northeast of River Leach.
River Leach
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.68333° or 51° 41′ north
Longitude
-1.63333° or 1° 38′ west
Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)
Open location code
9C3WM9M8+8M
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Satellite Map
Discover River Leach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“River Leach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “River Leach”
- German: “River Leach”
- Japanese: “リーチ川”
- Swedish: “River Leach”
- Welsh: “Afon Leach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eaton Hastings and Radcot Bridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Radcot and Badbury Hill.
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