River Brent

Brent
River Brent at Brentford
Map
Location
CountryEngland
CountiesGreater London
Districts / BoroughsLondon Borough of Barnet, London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Ealing, London Borough of Hounslow
TownsHendon, Neasden, Perivale, Greenford, Hanwell
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLondon Borough of Barnet, Greater London
MouthRiver Thames
 • location
Brentford, Greater London
Length29 km (18 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationCostons Lane, Greenford
 • average1.32 m3/s (47 cu ft/s)
 • minimum0.19 m3/s (6.7 cu ft/s)3 August 1995
 • maximum42.9 m3/s (1,510 cu ft/s)12 October 1993
Discharge 
 • locationMonks Park
 • average1.00 m3/s (35 cu ft/s)
Discharge 
 • locationBrent Cross
 • average0.34 m3/s (12 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftDollis Brook, Decoy Brook, Clitterhouse Brook, Silk Stream, Wealdstone Brook, Gadder brook
 • rightMutton Brook, Peggy Back's (subterranean) drain

The River Brent is a river in west and northwest London, England, and a tributary of the River Thames. 17.9 miles (28.8 km) in length, it rises in the Borough of Barnet and flows in a generally south-west direction before joining the Tideway stretch of the Thames at Brentford.[1]

  1. ^ Baxter, Alan (January 2011). "11. Brent River Valley". London's Natural Signatures: The London Landscape Framework (PDF). pp. 74–77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2021.