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0 miles - Newport Pagnall

3 miles Olney

4.8 miles Turvey sluice

5 miles – Turvey bridge 12th century

Carries the A 428

6 miles – weir

6.5 miles – Harrold left

Access and car park.  Launch left just below the shallow step.

7 miles - footbridge

Odell village left.   Norman Motte and Bailey castle in the village.

7.8 miles - Felmersham bridge. 

Village right 

8.5 miles footbridge

Sharnbrook windmill left

Pinchmill Islands.  Camping right. 

9 miles - railway bridge Midland main line.  

9.1 miles - Sharnbrook weir.  

Portage right

10 miles - Railway bridge

10.5 miles - Radwell bridge 1766

Land left above or below the bridge

11.5 miles - Railway bridge

12 miles Milton Ernest left

Weir.  Mill house.

12.5 miles railway bridge

12.7 miles Stafford bridge

13 miles Dick's island

14 miles Pavenham right.  Cock Inn

15.3 miles weir

15.5 miles - Oakley bridge

16.5 miles railway and A6 bridges

17 miles - Clapham village left

Ford.

17.5 miles farm bridge

18 miles - A6 bridge

18.2 miles - Railway bridge

19 miles Bromham right.

Bromham hall right.   islands

Bromham Mill.  Weir.  To read more click here.  

19.1 miles - Bromham old bridge

Shallow step just below.  Access.

19.2 miles - Bromham by pass bridge.  A 428

21 miles - Kempston church right.

This is the site of one of only three or four paved Roman fords in Britain.   Slabs of Oolitic limestone can be seen entering the river on the right bank.   

Weir.

Island

21.5 miles - Kempston footbridge

Kempston Mill.  The limit of power boat navigation. :)  

24 miles - railway bridge

24.5 miles - railway bridge

24 .6 miles - Bedford County bridge 1992 

The previous bridge on this site was called Prebend Street bridge

25 miles - Bedford town bridge

St Neots

Brampton

Houghton mill

The Hemingfords

St Ives

Earith

Old West River

Streatham

Ely

Acknowledgements

I've taken some pictures from Colin at http://canoetrips.co.uk/.  He does not give his email so i could not ask permission but I hope he will forgive me.  

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