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Stort
The Stort above Harlow, Essex
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Region	Hertfordshire
City	Bishop's Stortford
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Near Langley, Essex, England
• coordinates	52°00′10″N 0°04′06″E / 52.0027°N 0.0683°E / 52.0027; 0.0683
• elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Mouth	River Lea
• location	Near Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
• coordinates	51°45′52″N 0°00′51″E / 51.7644°N 0.0141°E / 51.7644; 0.0141
• elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Length	38 km (24 mi)

The River Stort is a river in Essex and Hertfordshire, England. It is 24 miles (39 km) long and flows from near the village of Langley to the River Lea at Hoddesdon.

The river's name is a back-formation from the name of the town of Bishop's Stortford. The 16th-century cartographers Christopher Saxton and William Camden named it the Stort, assuming the town of Stortford was named for its ford. The river was originally called the Stour.

Course

The Stort rises north of Langley in Hertfordshire, although north of Maunden it only flows in times of high rainfall. From Langley, the river flows in a generally southerly direction through the villages of Clavering and Manuden and the market town of Bishop's Stortford.

It then flows past Sawbridgeworth, before it changes direction and flows west past Harlow and Roydon. The Stort finally empties into the Lea at Feildes Weir, Hoddesdon.

Stort Navigation

The Stort Navigation is the canalised section of the River Stort running 22 km (14 mi) from Bishop's Stortford to its confluence with the Lee Navigation. It has 15 locks.

References

1. "River Stort – Stort Navigation". Bishop's Stortford and Thorley, A History and Guide. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
2. Thomas, Richard (July 2016). "Stort History". History of the Lee and Stort Navigations.
3. "River Stort catchment description". www.riverleacatchment.org.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

External links

• Media related to River Stort at Wikimedia Commons
• River Stort Old Postcard images in A Guide to Old Hertfordshire
• Stort River Partnership
• River Stort - Lea Catchment Partnership

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Unitary authorities	Southend-on-Sea Thurrock
Boroughs or districts	Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Aveley Basildon Billericay Braintree Brentwood Brightlingsea Buckhurst Hill Burnham-on-Crouch Canvey Island Chadwell St Mary Chelmsford Chigwell Chipping Ongar Clacton-on-Sea Coggeshall Colchester Corringham Dovercourt Epping Frinton-on-Sea Grays Great Dunmow Hadleigh Halstead Harlow Harwich Leigh-on-Sea Loughton Maldon Manningtree Pitsea Purfleet Rayleigh Rochford Saffron Walden Shoeburyness South Benfleet South Ockendon Southend-on-Sea South Woodham Ferrers Stanford-le-Hope Thaxted Thundersley Tilbury Waltham Abbey Walton-on-the-Naze West Mersea West Thurrock Wickford Witham Wivenhoe See also: List of civil parishes in Essex
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