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The River Gade is a river running almost entirely through
Jellicoe Water Gardens
and Two Waters until water was diverted from the river in 1947 to supply the growing
Dacorum Landscape Character Assessment
High Gade Valley, Dacorum Borough Council, 2004. Accessed April 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gade Geography of Three Rivers District 1Gade Rivers of Hertfordshire Rivers of Buckinghamshire Dacorum
The River Gade is a river running almost entirely through Hertfordshire
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. It rises from a spring
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in the chalk
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of the Chiltern Hills
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at Dagnall, Buckinghamshire
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and flows through Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of London, which is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2011 census was 97,500.
Developed after the Second World War as a new ...
, Kings Langley
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, then along the west side of Watford
Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne.
Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ...
through Cassiobury Park
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. After passing Croxley Green it reaches Rickmansworth
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, where it joins the River Colne. For its whole course the Gade is unnavigable.
Its principal tributary is the River Bulbourne which joins it at Two Waters, just below Hemel Hempstead.
The river was once used to power water mills, such as those at Water End, Cassiobury Park
Cassiobury Park is the principal public park in Watford, Hertfordshire, in England. It was created in 1909 from the purchase by Watford Borough Council of part of the estate of the Earls of Essex around Cassiobury House which was subsequentl ...
and Two Waters as well as powering the John Dickinson
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paper mill
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s at Apsley and Croxley.
It supported the farming of watercress
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at Cassiobury Park
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, Water End, the Grade 2 listeJellicoe Water Gardens
and Two Waters until water was diverted from the river in 1947 to supply the growing
new town
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of Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of London, which is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2011 census was 97,500.
Developed after the Second World War as a new ...
.
Below Hemel Hempstead it runs alongside and sometimes forms part of the Grand Union Canal
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.
The remains of a Roman Villa
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were found at Gadebridge Park in Hemel Hempstead.
The Gade is one of the rivers referred to in the name of the Three Rivers district
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.
It is home to a wide range of biodiversity, including ducks and a range of insect life.
The river bed from the source at Dagnall to Great Gaddesden, about 3 miles downstream is usually dry. After prolonged rain, it will fill and often flood.
References
Dacorum Landscape Character Assessment
High Gade Valley, Dacorum Borough Council, 2004. Accessed April 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gade Geography of Three Rivers District 1Gade Rivers of Hertfordshire Rivers of Buckinghamshire Dacorum