South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) also attended the incident. [136], In addition there was Ember Mill, which stood on the banks of the old course of the River Ember near Hampton Court Way.[136]. [20] The meander was reinstated in 1997, in an attempt to enhance this area of the Park, although it has since become blocked by silt. [note 2], From Sidlow the Mole turns north west towards Brockham. The presence of the trench protects the land from flooding, rendering it suitable for agriculture. Turn left, signposted Hersham and follow this almost to the gates of a caravan site. Hersham began as a strip of woodland beside the River Mole. According to Hersham in Surrey:. The River Mole near Esher Road in Hersham. [133], Esher Mill also known as Royal Mill was at the end of Mill Road in Lower Green, where there is now an industrial estate. The Mole descends 15m[49ft] in the 10km[6mi] stretch between Brockham and Leatherhead, compared to 3m[9.8ft] in 19km[12mi] between Horley and Brockham. Rules can change, and fishing may become banned on waters.A small commission is made from the sale of products in the fishing tackle section. [68][69][70][note 7], The name Mole does not appear until the 16th century, first occurring as Moule in Harrison's Description of Britain of 1577. This is a popular trail for road biking, running, and walking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. [12] There is only one aquifer in the drainage basin, at Fetcham, which means that the majority of the water in the river is from surface drainage, particularly from Gatwick Airport and the urban areas of Horley and Crawley, and that the flow rate responds rapidly to rainfall.[1]. The present building dates from the 18th century but it is inaccessible to the public. [4][5] The Mole Gap forms part of a Special Area of Conservation and is an SSSI of European importance. KT10 9RA. Mole (Horley to Hersham) is a river in Surrey. River Mole, West End Recreation Ground NO FISHING. Hersham began as a strip of woodland beside the River Mole. [68] This name is probably derived from the Old English word men meaning misty or causing mists,[67] and the name of the River Ember probably has its origins in this name. A seven-span 170m long (190yd) reinforced concrete viaduct, cast. The Mole Valley has been polluted. [16] Most important to the local economy is the accessibility of Central London see Rail below, with more than 500,000 train entries and exits per annum recorded across the two stations bordering and in the village itself. Hersham is a charming little station in Surrey, with views over fields, the River Mole and a local golf course. Within a few minutes walk of the village centre in the east are green fields and meadows alongside the River Mole and footpaths both through and by fields used for mixed farming. A similar trench is runs up several of the Mole's tributaries, notably along Deanoak Brook which follows a local strike. It dates back way before the Doomsday book and this is what makes it such an interesting river to paddle. [2], Between Cobham and Esher, the Mole's historic courses have deposited gravel on top of the London Clay. Until the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was owned by Chertsey Abbey. a huge defensive earthwork was erected on top of St George's Hill (ecclesiastically in . In The Faerie Queene (first published in 1590) Edmund Spenser wrote of the river: In Poly-Olbion (first published in 1612) the poet Michael Drayton described the journey taken by the River Thames to the sea: This Mole runnes into the earth, about a mile from Darking in Surrey, and after some two miles sees the light againe, which to be certaine hath been affirmed by Inhabitants thereabout reporting triall made of it. The flood alert is in place until 1pm tomorrow (November 28) (Image: Ben Birchall/PA Wire) Two flood alerts have been issued for the River Mole on Wednesday (November 27) warning that flooding is . <> [11], Mention is made of a mill at Brockham in 1634 and remains of the mill race are still visible. [citation needed]. Flood alert area: River Mole and its tributaries from Kinnersley Manor to South Hersham, including Sidlow, Leigh, Betchworth, Brockham, Pixham, Dorking, Mickleham, Leatherhead, Fetcham, Stoke D'Abernon and Cobham. It then swings east and joins the Thames between East Molesey and Thames Ditton at Albany Reach and Cigarette . [65] Remains of a further gravel terrace, containing cherts and flints to a depth of 4m (13ft), line the east side of St George's Hill. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Just over a mile long and several feet wide, the Bird Island Pier takes you out onto the Niagara River. It also takes in all six ponds of this part of Esher Common, some hidden deep in the woods. [4] It is of brick and stone in 13th-century style, has a nave and aisles, five arcades, chancel, transepts, and a western tower and spire. [8] In John Speed's 1611 map of Surrey this stretch of the river is denoted by a series of hills accompanied by the legend "The river runneth under". However, during the early 1930s, when Hampton Court Way and the bridge were built, the River Mole was redirected to flow into the River Ember and both rivers now enter the Thames in a single widened and straightened channel once occupied only by the River Ember. [64], The river is first recorded in the Red Book of Thorney in AD 983 as Emen and in the AD 1005 Cartulary of the Abbey of Eynsham as both Emen and men. A single track bridge built in 1737 by Richard and Thomas Skilton. Hersham began as a strip of woodland beside the River Mole. A flood warning means flooding to some property is expected. [45], The Mole rises south of Rusper in West Sussex, where an outcrop of the Hastings Beds sandstone dips below the impermeable Weald Clay. large bittercress (Cardamine amara) and the non-native Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera). The antiquarian William Camden uses the Latinized form Molis in the 1586 edition of Britannia and Michael Drayton is the first to use Mole in his poem Poly-Olbion published in 1613. The Stepping Stones During the Middle Pleistocene period,[note 6] a large ice sheet built up across much of the East of England, reaching as far south as St Albans and Chelmsford, blocking the path of the proto-Thames. Frederick Wicks (18401910), author and inventor, retired to the village and died there. The most recent mill was demolished in 1959, although the mill house still stands. You can change your cookie settings at any time. The canoe is preserved at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. The 18th-century weir at Betchworth was modified in 2004 to facilitate the installation of two 27.5kW low-head hydro turbines. 1200 students. Allaboutangling.net: built by anglers for anglers. Single track bridge built in 1842 and refurbished in 1993. [93], A few metres downstream of Leatherhead Bridge stands the GradeII listed railway viaduct which carries the Leatherhead to Dorking line over the river. Fished the river years ago in the Esher/Hersham and Molesey areas before the giant flood of Molesey in the 60's. . A number of minor tributaries join the river from the west and are typically second order streams draining the woodland and arable land between Horsham and Dorking. Viviparid snails and water scorpions (of the genus Nepidae) are commonly found where the river runs over the London Clay. [28], Standard water quality of Mole and its tributaries has improved markedly since the 1990s. The Mole winds its way past Leatherhead and under the M25 then runs beside the boundary of the Chelsea FC training ground & then through the wealthy village of Cobham (with many "Chelsea Tractors"). Mesolithic sites at Wonham, Flanchford and Sidlow. The island where it stood now forms part of the ornamental gardens of a housing development called "The Wilderness". Get flood warnings by phone, text or email. Mole (Horley to Hersham) is 60.133 km long This forum belongs to the other rivers. [3] The Gatwick Stream is dominated by coarse fish such as brown trout, brook lamprey, and eel. Mention of a court held at Hersham in 1272 by Reginald de Imworth and Matilda his wife, may indicate that he was then lord of the manor. The water table rises at this point and much of the water which drained out of the channel through the chalk returns through springs in the riverbed. The author Daniel Defoe, who attended school in Dorking and probably grew up in the village of Westhumble,[56][57] described the swallow holes in the River Mole in his book A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (first published in 1724): the current of the river being much obstructed by the interposition of those hills, called Box Hill it forces the waters as it were to find their way through as well as they can; and in order to do this, beginning, I say, where the river comes close to the foot of the precipice of Box-Hill, called the Stomacher, the waters sink insensibly away, and in some places are to be seen (and I have seen them) little channels which go out on the sides of the river, where the water in a stream not so big as would fill a pipe of a quarter of an inch diameter, trills away out of the river, and sinks insensibly into the ground. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Besides the significant contribution of ABC Motors to the British war effort with products that included auxiliary power units for Short Sunderland flying boats), Vickers-Armstrongs had four secret production sites in the village and its surrounding parish occupied the existing Ben Stanley Ltd bus depot and workshop in Burwood Road as part of its dispersed Tinsmiths Department. [6], The stretch of river between Thorncroft Manor (1km[0.6mi] south of Leatherhead) and River Lane in Fetcham has been designated a Local Nature Reserve. When the Burford Bridge was rebuilt in 1937, excavations revealed a "flint-surfaced approach to [a] ford at low level having all the signs of Roman workmanship" suggesting that Stane Street (which ran from London to Chichester via Dorking) crossed the river at this point. Similarly congregationalists had a Round Chapel which existed from 1844 until 1961, the year in which the single dual carriageway in Hersham was created, and enabling its construction.[5]. ", "Manchester United's Luke Shaw signs new contract at Old Trafford until 2023", Parakeet population booming in borough Molesey News & Mail, 7 July 2004, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hersham&oldid=1134823525. The medieval bridge was rebuilt by Gwilt in 1786, but was washed away during the September 1968 floods. There are around 3,500 measuring stations, and most are along main rivers and the coast. The only contiguous settlement is Walton-on-Thames, its post town. Emergency services rushed to the River Mole between Esher and Hersham on Wednesday morning (October 12) after receiving a report that a body part had been seen in the water. The River Mole and Stepping Stones are in front of you. 5 0 obj [11], Five of the mills mentioned in Domesday Book were in the borough of Elmbridge.[10]. Get flood warnings by phone, text or email. We'll update this page when there's a flood warning in the area. Barker, J L & D M (1996) 'Hark Back to Hersham' (self-published); Greenwood, George (1986, 3rd Edition Revised) 'Hersham in Surrey' (Elmbridge Museum Service); Pulford, J S L (1988) 'The Church of St Peter Hersham - Monumental Inscriptions' (Walton & Weybridge Local History Society, Paper No. These levels can help you understand your flood risk now and over the next few days. [46], The upper Mole catchment is dominated by a single broad terrace, which runs continuously from Tilgate Forest to the entry to the Mole Gap. Emergency services rushed to the River Mole between Esher and Hersham on Wednesday morning (October 12) after receiving a report that a body part had been seen in the water. [1] The next major tributary, The Rye, (which drains Ashtead) joins to the north of Leatherhead, before the river is crossed by the M25 motorway. The nearest tackle shops are Esher Angling Centre at Pond House, Weston Green, Thames Ditton KT7 0JX, and Surbiton Angling Centre (31 Station Approach, Esher KT10 0SR). The Mole where I used to tickle trout in my youth is a drain, and it will remain a drain." Sham 69 took their name from the remnants of a piece of graffiti in the area which made reference to when Walton and Hersham Football Club secured the Athenian League title in 1969. Hersham also has three primary schools Burhill, became primary in 2015, Bell Farm, became primary in 2014 and Cardinal Newman. [96] The bridge was renovated and strengthened in 1999 by a group of Canadian engineers working on the Terra Nove project. [1][3] Twelve Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) that include wetland habitats are located within the Mole catchment area, and the stretch of river through Leatherhead has been designated a Local Nature Reserve. [78], It is not clear to what extent the Mole was used for navigation in the past: In the late 13th century, Thorncroft Manor (south of Leatherhead) purchased a shout, a type of boat up to 16 metres (52ft) in length used to carry produce to market[79] and it has been suggested that stone cut from quarries in Reigate was transported to London via the river. [26] The two rivers flow either side of the reservoir, before running side by side in a northeasterly direction, merging 400m (440yd) before the confluence with the River Thames, on the reach above Teddington Lock. It is home to Sandown Park Racecourse. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of 4 h 51 min to complete. Hersham is served by Hersham and Walton-on-Thames railway stations with a minimum of two trains per hour and differing types of services on the South West Main Line. [14] The course of the Mole within the airport perimeter has been altered several times since commercial flights began in 1945; however the meanders visible on the 1839 tithe map in the 1.5km (0.93mi) stretch immediately north of the runway were reinstated in 1999, in a 1.2 million project to facilitate airport expansion. It has been suggested that a proportion of the excess water originates from the Mole Gap. %PDF-1.3 [81] Between 1825 and 1828 the architect and civil engineer Nicholas Wilcox Cundy proposed a Grand Imperial Ship Canal from Deptford to Chichester passing through the Mole Gap, however he was unable to attract sufficient financial interest in his scheme.[84]. [6] The catchment area receives 761mm (30.0in) of rain each year; the greatest average level of rainfall is 800mm (31.5in) around Crawley. [8][51][52] At Leatherhead, the river leaves the chalk and flows across impermeable London Clay. esculentus) was introduced to a site at Newdigate in the early 1900s. [76], Significant Bronze Age finds include a bronze sword found close to the river north of Amberley Farm near Charlwood[77] and a small hoard of weaponry consisting of two palstave axes and a scabbard chape was discovered in 2003 in Norbury Park close to Ham Bank. Tonawanda to Buffalo via Shoreline Trail Riverwalk. During the Commonwealth it was used for gunpowder manufacture, but after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 it reverted to corn milling. A mean flow of 3.74m3/s (132cuft/s) is measured at a fourth gauging station, located at Castle Mill (39m[128ft] above OD). [2] Much of the catchment area lies on impermeable rock (including Weald Clay and London Clay), meaning that the river level responds rapidly to heavy rainfall. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. [31] The Environment Agency estimated that up to 5200 fish of 14 different species were killed as the pollution drained downstream. The Beaches sections of the Shoreline Trail consists of the construction of a multi-use pathway in the Town of Evans and Town of Brant. 0.7km (0.4mi) south of Sidlow the mean flow is measured as 2.21m3/s (78cuft/s) at Kinnersley Manor gauging station (48m[157ft] above OD). The Heath is an area of rough scrubland and, despite its name, is a reclaimed landfill site hence its large but artificial mound and small plateau. Hersham Village Golf Club is on the opposite, south side of the village, where snooker player John Virgo has been a longstanding president. The Mole catchment reaches a maximum elevation of 265m (869ft) above Ordnance Datum at Leith Hill to the southwest of Dorking. At the east end of Painshill Park, the flood plain narrows into a trench about 60m (66yd) wide, in which the river runs northwards for 6.5km (4.0mi) towards Hersham, where the river enters the flood plain of the River Thames. Flood alert area: River Mole and its tributaries from Kinnersley Manor to South Hersham, including Sidlow, Leigh, Betchworth, Brockham, Pixham, Dorking, Mickleham, Leatherhead, Fetcham, Stoke D'Abernon and Cobham. Learn more about how we use cookies in our Privacy Policy, and also find links to the privacy policy of Google and other data holders whose applications are present on or integrated with this website. The stones give their name to the pub in the nearby village of Westhumble. There is a Waitrose at 105 High Street, KT10 9QE. This article is about the village in Surrey. Known as depot 'W15', this site supplied essential sheet metal parts parts for Vickers Wellington and Vickers Warwick aircraft manufactured at Brooklands. Early in World War II, Barnes Wallis and several hundred staff were evacuated to Burhill Golf Club from the nearby Vickers-Armstrongs aircraft factory at Brooklands and designed the legendary Dambusters 'bouncing bomb' there. [40][41] The Mole is one of only three locations in England where the river shingle beetle (Meotica anglica) is found. [10] The bridge has nine low arches and is primarily built of red brick with stone coping. The school holds specialist Business and Enterprise College status, and boasts an impressive drama programme. This is a new service your feedback will help us to improve it. River Mole rises in Baldhorns Copse 700 m (0.4 mi) to the south of the village of Rusper in West Sussex. History along the River Mole Above Meath Green (near Horley), the terrace corresponds to the flood plain of the river, however from this point downstream to Brockham, the river cuts a narrow trench no more than 150m (160yd) wide. [60] The water table in the chalk of the Wey Gap is significantly higher than might be expected from natural rainwater percolation alone. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. [81][82] The only Surrey river to have been made fully navigable is the combined lower section of the River Wey. [36] There is no evidence that the presence of the frogs has had a deleterious effect on indigenous amphibians. Youve accepted analytics cookies. In 2003, Gatwick Airport Ltd pleaded guilty to charges of allowing chemical pollution to enter the River Mole after a detergent, used to clean rubber and oil from the runway, was washed into Crawters Brook by airport workers. Due to its proximity to London and Shepperton Studios, Hersham is frequently a filming location for film and television productions including Nighty Night, The Glass, and Monty Python The second series of the TV show, Ashes to Ashes was filmed in Hersham. The site is a rich habitat for birds including the redshank and little ringed plover. Hersham has an interesting industrial history with notable companies such as ABC Motors, Air Products, Faulkners, Hackbridge & Hewittick and Vickers-Armstrongs all having factories in the village during the last century. The bridge is a long structure of 14 segmental arches resting on low piers, finished in red brick in Flemish bond, with some Portland stone dressing. The bridge was rebuilt in 1991. In 1579 Queen Elizabeth granted to Thomas Vincent "the manor, site, and demesne lands of Morehall, and the wood called Sylkesmore coppice". The westbound carriageway on Esher Road was down to one lane for much of the morning rush hour as the incident was investigated due to a line of emergency vehicles parked by the curb in the left lane.
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