South Drain (river)

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South Drain
Location
Country	England
County	Somerset
District	Mendip Sedgemoor
Physical characteristics
Source	Read Mead Rhyne
• location	Street, Somerset, England
• coordinates	51°08′02″N 2°43′53″W / 51.1339°N 2.7313°W / 51.1339; -2.7313
Mouth	Huntspill River
• location	Highbridge, Somerset, England
• coordinates	51°10′59″N 2°54′23″W / 51.1831°N 2.9065°W / 51.1831; -2.9065
Length	15 km (9.4 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Glastonbury Canal

The South Drain flows in a generally north-westerly direction from Actis Tunnel to Gold Corner, where it moves on to the Huntspill River, in Somerset, England. It flows through the Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve.

It was constructed between 1802 and 1806 as a result of the Somerset Drainage Act 1801 (41 Geo. 3. (U.K.) c. lxxii).^[1]