The Old Bedford River is an artificial, partial diversion of the waters of the River Great Ouse in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England. It was named after the fourth Earl of Bedford who contracted wit
A section of the Old Bedford River near Mepal
The pumping station at Welches Dam pumps excess water into the River Delph when the Old Bedford River cannot discharge through the Old Bedford Sluice.
The Old Bedford Sluice, through which boats must pass to access the River Great Ouse.
The New Bedford River, also known as the Hundred Foot Drain because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river, is a navigable man-made cut-off or by-pass chan
Old Bedford River
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New Bedford River at Oxlode
The outlet of Welmore Lake Sluice into the New Bedford River
Aerial view of the New (middle diagonal grey line) and Old (right diagonal grey line) Bedford Rivers crossed by the Ely-March railway (bottom dark line)
Oxlode pumping station on the banks of the New Bedford River