Candover Brook
Coordinates: 51°10′01″N 1°08′02″W / 51.167°N 1.134°W The Candover Brook is a 1.2 km chalk stream[1] in the English county of Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Itchen, which it joins near the town of New Alresford. The stream rises from springs just to the south of the village of Preston Candover.[2]
It is one of the few rivers remaining in southern England that is home to the endangered native white-clawed crayfish.[1]
Candover Brook is part of the Itchen Valley Countryside Heritage Area recognising the distinctive features and biological richness of this area.[3]
References
- 1 2 Stephanie Peay (2003). Monitoring the white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes (PDF). English Nature. ISBN 1-85716-727-9.
- ↑ "History of Preston Candover and Nutley". Preston Candover and Nutley Parish Council. 2005-08-15.
- ↑ Proposal for Itchen Valley Countryside Heritage Area - Hampshire County Council
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