River Kennet

The Kennet is a chalk river and a tributary of the in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs National Landscape.
Wikipedia
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  • 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.

Railway station
Photo: DavidTDC3377, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a major transport hub in the town of in , 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 .

Park
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a park in , , , located next to the . It stretches along the north side of the river, between and , and is linked to the south bank by the , a pedestrian and cycle bridge built in 2015.

Park
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a park in , , , located next to the . It stretches along the north side of the river, to the east of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caversham and Reading.

Suburb
Photo: Jystyn, Public domain.
Reading is a large, historic town in in the South East of . It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large, historic town in in the South East of . It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.

Suburb
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a residential area within Caversham in the borough of in , , located to the west of the centre of Caversham.

River Kennet

Latitude
51.46667° or 51° 28′ north
Longitude
-0.96667° or 0° 58′ west
Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)
Open location code
9C3XF28M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2645810
Wiki­data ID
Q2987365
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Satellite Map

Discover River Kennet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “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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