The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known 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. The former local government district of Kennet in Wiltshire was named after it.
The River Kennet has been assigned as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) from near its sources west of Marlborough down to Woolhampton. This is primarily because it has an extensive range of rare
plants and animals that are unique to chalk watercourses.
Course
One of the Kennet's sources is Swallowhead Spring near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, the other being a collection of tributaries north of Avebury near the rural settlements of Uffcott and Broad Hinton which flow south past Avebury and join up with the waters from Swallowhead Springs. In these early stages it passes close by many prehistoric sites including Avebury Henge, West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill. The land drained by upper reaches has a low water table owing to its position in the North Wessex Downs which is mostly chalk as the upper subsoil, as such many of these stretches are depending on precipitation and surrounding soil type winterbournes.
The Ancient River Kennet
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published: 12 Sep 2016
River Kennet Weedcutting
John Hounslow is one of the most experienced river keepers on the Kennet. In this short video he explains how and why he cuts vegetation in the river channel.
The River Kennet is a chalkstream that rises in Wiltshire and flows through Berkshire to join the Thames at Reading. Much of the river is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is renowned for its fish stocks and biodiversity.
published: 17 Apr 2021
Born to Fish Fly fishing The River Kennet
Fly fishing on the River Kennet. Episode 10 and the last in the Born to Fish series on fly fishing presented by game angling instructor Mike Hobbs.
published: 26 Oct 2012
Chalkstream Fly Fishing on The River Kennet 2022
In this video Peter is again invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalkstreams, and although does not perhaps receive the same attention as the Test the river system offers massive hatches and miles of fishable water. Fishing in mid July on a scorthing hot day, Peter fishes a combination of dry fly and nymph to some stunning Kennet trout culminating in a wonderful evening rise.
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published: 23 Jul 2022
An early season Barbel session on the Kennet
You find me here today on the River Kennet on my first 2022 River season session of the year. Its a late Sunday evening where i have 4 hours on my hands to see if i can catch an early season fish for the camera. In this video I will be targeting Chub and Barbel using my early season tactics to tempt a fish to take my new Parker Baits hook bait. I will demonstrate the tactics, tackle and bait i will be using.
published: 26 Jun 2022
Chalkstream Fly Fishing on The River Kennet
In this video Peter is invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalkstreams, and although does not perhaps receive the same attention as the Test the river system offers massive hatches and miles of fishable water. Fishing at the beginning of July on a muggy afternoon, Peter has the chance to sight nymph to some great fish.
Another short film from Aardvark McLeod international fly fishing specialists, for more information on this or any of our destinations click http://www.aardvarkmcleod.com, or call +44 1980847389.
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John Hounslow is one of the most experienced river keepers on the Kennet. In this short video he explains how and why he cuts vegetation in the river channel.
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John Hounslow is one of the most experienced river keepers on the Kennet. In this short video he explains how and why he cuts vegetation in the river channel.
The River Kennet is a chalkstream that rises in Wiltshire and flows through Berkshire to join the Thames at Reading. Much of the river is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is renowned for its fish stocks and biodiversity.
John Hounslow is one of the most experienced river keepers on the Kennet. In this short video he explains how and why he cuts vegetation in the river channel.
The River Kennet is a chalkstream that rises in Wiltshire and flows through Berkshire to join the Thames at Reading. Much of the river is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is renowned for its fish stocks and biodiversity.
In this video Peter is again invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured...
In this video Peter is again invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalkstreams, and although does not perhaps receive the same attention as the Test the river system offers massive hatches and miles of fishable water. Fishing in mid July on a scorthing hot day, Peter fishes a combination of dry fly and nymph to some stunning Kennet trout culminating in a wonderful evening rise.
Another short film from Aardvark McLeod international fly fishing specialists, for more information on this or any of our destinations click http://www.aardvarkmcleod.com, or call +44 1980847389.
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In this video Peter is again invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalkstreams, and although does not perhaps receive the same attention as the Test the river system offers massive hatches and miles of fishable water. Fishing in mid July on a scorthing hot day, Peter fishes a combination of dry fly and nymph to some stunning Kennet trout culminating in a wonderful evening rise.
Another short film from Aardvark McLeod international fly fishing specialists, for more information on this or any of our destinations click http://www.aardvarkmcleod.com, or call +44 1980847389.
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You find me here today on the River Kennet on my first 2022 River season session of the year. Its a late Sunday evening where i have 4 hours on my hands to see ...
You find me here today on the River Kennet on my first 2022 River season session of the year. Its a late Sunday evening where i have 4 hours on my hands to see if i can catch an early season fish for the camera. In this video I will be targeting Chub and Barbel using my early season tactics to tempt a fish to take my new Parker Baits hook bait. I will demonstrate the tactics, tackle and bait i will be using.
You find me here today on the River Kennet on my first 2022 River season session of the year. Its a late Sunday evening where i have 4 hours on my hands to see if i can catch an early season fish for the camera. In this video I will be targeting Chub and Barbel using my early season tactics to tempt a fish to take my new Parker Baits hook bait. I will demonstrate the tactics, tackle and bait i will be using.
In this video Peter is invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalk...
In this video Peter is invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalkstreams, and although does not perhaps receive the same attention as the Test the river system offers massive hatches and miles of fishable water. Fishing at the beginning of July on a muggy afternoon, Peter has the chance to sight nymph to some great fish.
Another short film from Aardvark McLeod international fly fishing specialists, for more information on this or any of our destinations click http://www.aardvarkmcleod.com, or call +44 1980847389.
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In this video Peter is invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalkstreams, and although does not perhaps receive the same attention as the Test the river system offers massive hatches and miles of fishable water. Fishing at the beginning of July on a muggy afternoon, Peter has the chance to sight nymph to some great fish.
Another short film from Aardvark McLeod international fly fishing specialists, for more information on this or any of our destinations click http://www.aardvarkmcleod.com, or call +44 1980847389.
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John Hounslow is one of the most experienced river keepers on the Kennet. In this short video he explains how and why he cuts vegetation in the river channel.
The River Kennet is a chalkstream that rises in Wiltshire and flows through Berkshire to join the Thames at Reading. Much of the river is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is renowned for its fish stocks and biodiversity.
In this video Peter is again invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalkstreams, and although does not perhaps receive the same attention as the Test the river system offers massive hatches and miles of fishable water. Fishing in mid July on a scorthing hot day, Peter fishes a combination of dry fly and nymph to some stunning Kennet trout culminating in a wonderful evening rise.
Another short film from Aardvark McLeod international fly fishing specialists, for more information on this or any of our destinations click http://www.aardvarkmcleod.com, or call +44 1980847389.
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#flyfishing #aardvarkmcleod #riverkennet
You find me here today on the River Kennet on my first 2022 River season session of the year. Its a late Sunday evening where i have 4 hours on my hands to see if i can catch an early season fish for the camera. In this video I will be targeting Chub and Barbel using my early season tactics to tempt a fish to take my new Parker Baits hook bait. I will demonstrate the tactics, tackle and bait i will be using.
In this video Peter is invited to fish the Hungerford Town & Manor beats on the River Kennet in Berkshire. The Kennet is one of the south's most treasured chalkstreams, and although does not perhaps receive the same attention as the Test the river system offers massive hatches and miles of fishable water. Fishing at the beginning of July on a muggy afternoon, Peter has the chance to sight nymph to some great fish.
Another short film from Aardvark McLeod international fly fishing specialists, for more information on this or any of our destinations click http://www.aardvarkmcleod.com, or call +44 1980847389.
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The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known 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. The former local government district of Kennet in Wiltshire was named after it.
The River Kennet has been assigned as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) from near its sources west of Marlborough down to Woolhampton. This is primarily because it has an extensive range of rare
plants and animals that are unique to chalk watercourses.
Course
One of the Kennet's sources is Swallowhead Spring near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, the other being a collection of tributaries north of Avebury near the rural settlements of Uffcott and Broad Hinton which flow south past Avebury and join up with the waters from Swallowhead Springs. In these early stages it passes close by many prehistoric sites including Avebury Henge, West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill. The land drained by upper reaches has a low water table owing to its position in the North Wessex Downs which is mostly chalk as the upper subsoil, as such many of these stretches are depending on precipitation and surrounding soil type winterbournes.
I chose emmental ... Because seated in the crowded dining room of Goat on the Roof, a terrific, wine-led restaurant overlooking the RiverKennet in the centre of town, it feels like being in a cross between fin de siècle Paris and RenaissanceVenice ... .
Having worked the lock’s paddles, our boat had climbed the requisite 10 feet to be level with the stretch of river ahead. We were poised to open the lock gate and press on towards the Kennet and Avon canal.
Wool and cloth were woven here for six centuries, powered by the RiverAvon; today, converted mills, weavers’ terraces and decorative clothiers’ houses stand alongside a happy jumble of independent shops, galleries and cafés.
The hon secretary of the Kennet Valley Fisheries Association has issued the second annual report of that most useful body working to check the pollution of the River Kennet and its tributary streams.
Christopher Howse is travelling the nation to speak to local people about their high street ... I wished I also had a hat, to raise in response to the welcome ... It follows a band of chalk for three furlongs along the slope above the river Kennet ... .
A British railway station can be many things ... We head to the banks of the Kennet & Avon canal, bear west and begin ... The River Avon near Avoncliff station close to Bradford-on-Avon ... The route took in the towpath of the Kennet & Avon Canal ... Share ... .
Steve Masters, who lives on a narrowboat moored on the KennetRiver in nearby Newbury, compared locals wading through sewage to Dickensian or Victorian standards of living ... The River Coln has long been affected by sewage outflows.
Midgham and Woolhampton, which has a population of about 600 people, both sit on the flood plain of the RiverKennet...BBC Radio Berkshire) ... ‘Particularly down by the river, and I live just a couple of roads up, they just seem everywhere at the moment.
Pass the source of the RiverKennet – where overhanging trees are often covered with “clouties”, or strips of ribbon, and the 4,500-year-old Silbury Hill, before visiting the Longstones, which are aligned with the winter solstice.
Homes and businesses across Oxfordshire and Berkshire have been affected as rivers, including the Thames and Kennet, burst their banks. Flood warnings remain in place for large swathes of the region, as river levels maintain persistently high.
By the time the canal was finished, travelling all the way from Bristol’s Floating Harbour to the most easterly lock on Reading’s RiverKennet where it flows into the Thames, the waterway was 96 miles ...
Several homes have been flooded in Reading after the RiverKennet burst its banks ...Flood warnings remained in force on Saturday evening, 6 January, for properties close to the banks of the River Thames and River Kennet in Reading.