River Kennet
The Kennet is a chalk river and a tributary of the River Thames in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs National Landscape.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom, a tributary of the River Thames
- Also known as: “Fiume Kennet” and “Kennet Navigation”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Reading Railway Station and Christchurch Meadows.
Christchurch Meadows
Park
Hills Meadow
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caversham and Reading.
Caversham
Suburb
Photo: Jystyn, Public domain.
River Kennet
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.46667° or 51° 28′ north
Longitude
-0.96667° or 0° 58′ west
Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)
Open location code
9C3XF28M+M8
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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”
- Danish: “River Kennet”
- Dutch: “River Kennet”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كينيت”
- Esperanto: “Kennet”
- Finnish: “Kennet”
- Finnish: “Kennetjoki”
- French: “Kennet”
- Galician: “Río Kennet, río Támese”
- German: “River Kennet”
- Italian: “Kennet”
- Japanese: “ケネット川”
- Kazakh: “Кеннет”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kennet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kennet i England”
- Norwegian: “Kennet”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cynete”
- Piemontese: “Kennet (fium)”
- Piemontese: “Kennet”
- Polish: “Kennet”
- Russian: “Кеннет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “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
Places to explore: Lower Caversham and Hemdean Bottom.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fry’s Island and View Island.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.
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