River Chess

The River Chess is a chalk stream that rises near Chesham in the Chiltern Hills in England, and flows for 11 miles through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire to its confluence with the River Colne in Rickmansworth.

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Joan of Arc Catholic School and Rickmansworth Library.

St Joan of Arc Catholic School

School

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Saint Joan of Arc Roman Catholic School is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England.

Rickmansworth Library

Library

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rickmansworth School

School

Rickmansworth School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, near the town of Rickmansworth. In September 2023, Rickmansworth School received an "Outstanding" inspection rating from Ofsted.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rickmansworth and Croxley Green.

Rickmansworth

Photo: Paulblackwell, Public domain.

Rickmansworth is a small town in Hertfordshire, its hinterland includes Chorleywood and the largely suburban Maple Cross.

Croxley Green

Village

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Croxley Green is both a village and a suburb of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is also a civil parish. Located on the A412 between Watford to the northeast and Rickmansworth to the southwest, it is approximately 20 miles northwest of central London.

Loudwater

Village

Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loudwater is a private housing estate in the parish of Chorleywood, separated from the latter by the River Chess, north of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire and just to the east of Junction 18 of the M25 motorway.

River Chess

Type: Stream
Description: river in the United Kingdom
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6426° or 51° 38′ 33″ north

Longitude

-0.46162° or 0° 27′ 42″ west

Elevation

180 feet (55 metres)

Open location code

9C3XJGVQ+29

GeoNames ID

9884673

Wikidata ID

Q12054729

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“River Chess” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “River Chess”
Chinese: “切斯河”
Dutch: “River Chess”
German: “River Chess”
Swedish: “River Chess”
Welsh: “Afon Chess”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Batchworth and Moneyhill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fortune Common and Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School.

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