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Wogebourne

Wogebourne Woghbourne, Plumstead River, Wickham Valley Watercourse Crossway Canal
Crossway Canal in Thamesmead, the lower reach of the Wogebourne
Location
Country	England
County	Greater London
London Boroughs	Greenwich Bexley,
Places	Shooter's Hill, Falconwood, Welling, East Wickham, Plumstead, Abbey Wood, Thamesmead, Crossness
Open areas	Oxleas Wood, East Wickham Open Space, Winn's Common, Bostall Heath and Woods, Erith Marshes
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Oxleas Wood, Shooter's Hill, Royal Borough of Greenwich
• coordinates	51°27′59″N 00°04′23″E
• elevation	97 m (318 ft)
Mouth
• location	Southmere Lake, Thamesmead, London Borough of Bexley or River Thames, Crossness, Bexley
• coordinates	51°30′45″N 00°07′27″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	8 km (5.0 mi)
Basin features
River system	River Thames

The Wogebourne (/woʊɡˈbɔːrn/) is an 8 km (5.0 mi) tributary of the River Thames in the southeast London boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley, that flows generally in a northeasterly direction, from its source in Oxleas Wood in Shooter's Hill, to Thamesmead where it joins the Thames. The Wogebourne has appeared in records since at least the fourteenth century, and has been known by other names including Woghbourne, Plumstead River, and Wickham Valley Watercourse. The upper reaches of the watercourse in Shooter's Hill, Falconwood, Welling, and East Wickham are above ground through woodland, farmland and fields, where several smaller tributaries join; whereas the lower reaches in Plumstead, Abbey Wood, and Thamesmead are mostly underground within culverts. The final part of the river in Thamesmead was previously marshland which was drained in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, where the Wogebourne now completes its course through a man-made lake called Southmere and a purpose built channel named Crossway Canal which empties into the Thames at Crossness.

Name

The watercourse is usually called the Wogebourne, or sometimes River Wogebourne. This name has been in use since at least the fourteenth century, when the alternative spelling Woghbourne, was also in use in addition to the present day spelling. Another name that has been used to refer to the watercourse since at least the sixteenth century is Plumstead River. More recently the river has been called Wickham Valley Watercourse. In the twentieth century the end of the watercourse around Thamesmead and the wetlands of Plumstead and Erith Marshes was diverted into purpose built channels for the water to flow into the River Thames, these have individual names including Crossway Canal, Harrow Canal, Waterfield Canal, and Butts Canal.

Course

Tiny footbridge over the Wogebourne near its source in Oxleas Wood, where the river is only a small stream.

The Wogebourne rises within Oxleas Woods southeast of Shooter's Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich from several sources. The main source has an elevation of around 97 m (318 ft) above sea level, where it flows for about 1 km (0.62 mi) and dropping 30 m (98 ft) in a curved path through the woodland, and under several small footbridges, first southeast toward Falconwood, then east followed by north toward the A207 road, Shooter's Hill and part of Watling Street. The river flows northward under this this main road, just to the west side of the We Anchor In Hope pub, and BP petrol station in Welling. From here its course goes northeast for just over 1 km (0.62 mi) mostly lined with trees and shrubs through the fields of Woodlands Farm. This section of the stream marks the boundary between the London Boroughs of Greenwich to the west and Bexley to the east. Here the stream is joined from the east by a tiny spring tributary near the Anchor in Hope pub and a slightly longer tributary from the west joining from near the Woodside Farm buildings and the grounds of Shooter's Hill Golf Course. At the northern end of the fields the stream passes south of Willow Dene School and Swingate Lane Playing Fields before entering a culvert at the elevation of 40 m (130 ft) and flowing east under the residential roads Edison Grove and Glenmore Road in East Wickham. The stream flows underground northeastward in a straight culvert for 1 km (0.62 mi), underneath East Wickham Open Space just to the south of Woolwich Cemetery then under another small residential road Bournewood Road, then emerges above ground again at the elevation of 25 m (82 ft) between two houses on the east side of Wickham Lane, part of the A209 road. From here the stream continues flowing northeasterly between houses and gardens, in an open concrete channel, except when it passes under the residential road Woodbrook Road for another 300 m (980 ft) when it takes a sharp left turn just by the northwest corner of Plumstead Cemetery. From here the river travels northwest for another 300 m (980 ft) in an open channel between the back gardens of Woodbrook Road to the southwest and Bostall Woods to the northeast, from where another short tributary joins, passing beneath a cul-de-sac named Streamdale then returning to another underground culvert. From here the river gently curves northward toward Plumstead and is joined by a small stream coming from Winn's Common to the west, and passes under several residential roads including Waterdale Road, Oakmere Road, Rutherglen Road, Bastion Road, Glendale Road, Gatling Road then under Bostall Hill part of the A206 road after almost 1 km (0.62 mi) at the elevation of 11 m (36 ft). After this the Wogebourne continues flowing underground for another 800 m (2,600 ft) beneath the residential roads Myrtledene Road, Manton Road, Blithdale Road and Bracondale Road before passing underneath the North Kent Line. The Wogebourne them takes a sharp right turn and flows east for 1.2 km (0.75 mi) between the railway line and Mottisfont Road towards Abbey Wood near the station then turns northward for another 600 m (2,000 ft) behind Boxgrove Primary School. Here the stream flows east parallel with Eynsham Drive for 200 m (660 ft) beneath the car parks of a Lidl store and a vet surgery, then travels northeast for another 400 m (1,300 ft) under Harrow Manorway part of the A2041 road and more residential buildings before emptying into a lake called Southmere in Thamesmead, at an elevation of just 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Southmere is a man-made lake 8.5 ha (21 acres) in area and around 400 m (1,300 ft) across, from here the watercourse continues northward in a wider man-made open channel named Crossway Canal, for around 1.5 km (0.93 mi), through Crossway Park, under the local main road Crossway several small footbridges, and the Ridgeway and Green Chain Walk paths then through a nature reserve Crossway Lake, before emptying into the River Thames. There is another series of canals to the west which connect with Crossway Canal, named Harrow Canal, Waterfield Canal and Butts Canal linking slightly smaller lakes Birchmere, Thamesmere.

History

The Wogebourne has been documented since at least the fourteenth century, and was originally a tidal river in part. In the early twentieth century and earlier, the section of the river that runs through what is now East Wickham Open Space flowed in a meandering path above ground through the areas of woodland, Bourne Spring Wood, previously called Bowan Spring Wood and Hill Grove, and was joined from the south by a short tributary that flowed through a pond, both which no longer exist. When the County of London existed from 1889 to 1965 the Wogebourne formed some of its boundary with the county of Kent near Welling and East Wickham. In the late twentieth century the Wogebourne within East Wickham Open Space was diverted underground into a straight culvert. In 2015 Crossrail were constructing new railway lines between Abbey Wood and Plumstead stations, where the underground section of the River Wogebourne was uncovered causing minor flooding. The water was contained in an open ditch whilst work continued, then returned to its underground state when construction finished. In the twenty first century the local government have had concerns about the possibility of the river flooding, especially in its lower reaches.

References

Categories: Category:Rivers of London | Category:Geography of the Royal Borough of Greenwich | Category:Geography of the London Borough of Bexley | Category:Thames drainage basin
Category:Subterranean rivers of London | Category talk:Former rivers

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