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Chalgrove Brook

River in Oxfordshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Chalgrove Brook is a chalk stream located in South Oxfordshire, England.[1]

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It is a left tributary of the River Thame. It rises in a number of natural springs at the foot of the Chiltern Hills near Watlington, and flows in a northwesterly direction for approximately 7 miles (11 km) through Cuxham, Chalgrove, and Stadhampton, before emptying into the Thame near Chiselhampton.[2]

The brook floods occasionally, especially in and downstream of Chalgrove. To relieve this, a man-made conduit was built in Chalgrove, splitting the stream in two.[3]

The stream is home to brown trout, mink, otter and water vole.[3] As part of the brook's conservation efforts, in 2023 a fish pass was created to circumvent Stadhampton Mill, making available 2 miles (3.2 km) of the brook that was previously impassable to fish.[4][1]

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