River Wissey
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The River Wissey is a river in Norfolk, eastern England. It is a chalk river which rises near Bradenham, and flows for nearly 31 miles to join the River Great Ouse at Fordham. The lower 11.2 miles are
The river at Hilgay
The sluice which controls flow from the River Wissey into the cut-off channel, with a pumping station in the background
Cut-off Channel
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The Cut-off Channel is a man-made waterway which runs along the eastern edge of the Fens in Norfolk and Suffolk, England. It was constructed in the 1950s and 1960s as part of flood defence measures, a
River Wissey
…Ferry, with its fine windmill sits close to the northern bank of the river, protected from it by flood banks. Below the village is the junction with the Cut-off Channel, a 28-mile (45 km) drain running from Barton Mills on the River Lark to Denver along the south-eastern edge of the Fens, which was constructed in the…
The Cut-off Channel near Feltwell
Cross section of the syphon fish weir used to connect the Cut-off Channel to the River Wissey without compromising the flood defences