River Kennet
The Kennet is a tributary of the River Thames in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs AONB. The lower reaches have been made navigable as the Kennet Navigation, which – together with the Avon Navigation, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames – links the cities of Bristol and London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom, a tributary of the River Thames
- Also known as: “Kennet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Reading Railway Station and Christchurch Meadows.
Reading Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY 2.0.
Reading railway station is a major transport hub in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England, it is 36 miles west of London Paddington. It is sited on the northern edge of the town centre, near to the main retail and commercial areas and the River Thames.
Christchurch Meadows
Park
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christchurch Meadows is a park in Reading, Berkshire, England, located next to the River Thames. It stretches along the north side of the river, between Caversham Bridge and Reading Bridge, and is linked to the south bank by the Christchurch Bridge, a pedestrian and cycle bridge built in 2015.
Hills Meadow
Park
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hills Meadow is a park in Reading, Berkshire, England, located next to the River Thames. It stretches along the north side of the river, to the east of Reading Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caversham and Reading.
Caversham
Suburb
Photo: Jystyn, Public domain.
Reading is a large, historic town in Berkshire in the South East of England. It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.
Reading
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reading is a large, historic town in Berkshire in the South East of England. It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.
Caversham Heights
Suburb
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caversham Heights is a residential area within Caversham in the borough of Reading in Berkshire, England, located to the west of the centre of Caversham.
River Kennet
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Kennet” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Kennet”
- Cebuano: “River Kennet”
- Chinese: “肯尼特河”
- Dutch: “River Kennet”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كينيت”
- Esperanto: “Kennet”
- Finnish: “Kennet”
- Finnish: “Kennetjoki”
- French: “Kennet”
- Galician: “Río Kennet, río Támese”
- German: “River Kennet”
- Italian: “Fiume Kennet”
- Italian: “Kennet”
- Japanese: “ケネット川”
- Kazakh: “Кеннет”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kennet Navigation”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kennet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kennet i England”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “River Kennet”
- Norwegian: “Kennet”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cynete”
- Piemontese: “Kennet (fium)”
- Piemontese: “Kennet”
- Polish: “Kennet”
- Russian: “Кеннет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kennet”
- Spanish: “Kennet”
- Spanish: “río Kennet”
- Spanish: “Río Kennet”
- Swahili: “Mto Kennet”
- Swedish: “River Kennet”
- Turkish: “Kennet Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Кеннет (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Кеннет”
- Welsh: “Afon Kennet”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lower Caversham and Hemdean Bottom.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fry’s Island and View Island.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “River Kennet”. Photo: QuentinUK, CC BY 3.0.