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Rivers Of London
Rivers of London may refer to * Blue Ribbon Network, a policy element of the London Plan relating to the navigable waterways of London * ''Rivers of London'' (novel), a 2011 urban fantasy novel by Ben Aaronovitch ** ''Rivers of London'' (book series), a novel series based on the Aaronovitch novel * Subterranean rivers of London The subterranean or underground rivers of London are or were the direct or indirect tributary, tributaries of the upper estuary of the River Thames, Thames (the Tideway) that were Subterranean river, built over during the growth of the metropo ... See also * :Rivers of London {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Ribbon Network
The Blue Ribbon Network is a policy element of the London Plan relating to the waterways of London, England. Aside from the River Thames, the major components of the network are: #Grand Union Canal #Regent's Canal # River Lee Navigation #River Brent #River Roding #River Rom # River Crane #Beverley Brook #River Wandle # Ravensbourne River # Silk Stream #Pymmes Brook #Salmons Brook # Moselle Brook # Ingrebourne River #River Cray The River Cray is the largest tributary of the River Darent. It is the prime river of outer, south-east Greater London, rising in Priory Gardens, Orpington, where rainwater percolates through the chalk bedrock of the Downs to form a pond wher ... The network also includes docks, reservoirs and lakes and covered over sections of rivers. The London Plan promotes the use of the waterways for leisure, passenger and tourist traffic, and the transport of freight and general goods. The canal part of the network makes up of waterway. The London Waterways C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of London (novel)
''Rivers of London'' (''Midnight Riot'' in the US) is the first novel in the '' Rivers of London series'' by English author Ben Aaronovitch. The novel was released on 10 January 2011 through Gollancz and was well received by critics, earning a Galaxy National Book Awards nomination for Aaronovitch in the New Writer of the Year award. The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels. Plot The novel centres on the adventures of Peter Grant, a young officer in the Metropolitan Police, who, following an unexpected encounter with a ghost, is recruited into the small branch of the Met that deals with magic and the supernatural. Peter Grant, having become the first English apprentice wizard in over seventy years, must immediately deal with two different but ultimately related cases. In one he must find what is possessing ordinary people and turning them into vicious kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of London (book Series)
The ''Rivers of London'' series (alternatively, the ''Peter Grant'' or the ''PC Grant'' series) is a series of urban fantasy novels by English author Ben Aaronovitch, and comics/graphic novels by Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel, illustrated by Lee Sullivan. Bibliography Novels and novellas Short Stories ''Tales from the Folly'' ''Tales from the Folly,'' a short story collection, was published in November 2020. It contains the following stories: PART ONE: THE PETER GRANT STORIES * The Home Crowd Advantage * The Domestic * The Cockpit * The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny * King of the Rats * A Rare Book of Cunning Device PART TWO: THE OTHERS' STORIES * A Dedicated Follower of Fashion * Favourite Uncle * Vanessa Sommer's Other Christmas List * Three Rivers, Two Husbands and a Baby * Moment One: Nightingale - London September 1966 * Moment Two: Reynolds - Florence, Az. 2015 * Moment Three: Tobias Winter - Meckenheim 2012 Graphic novels The graphic novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subterranean Rivers Of London
The subterranean or underground rivers of London are or were the direct or indirect tributary, tributaries of the upper estuary of the River Thames, Thames (the Tideway) that were Subterranean river, built over during the growth of the metropolis of London. They now flow through culverts, with some of them integral parts of London's London sewer system, sewerage system and diverted accordingly. North of the Thames ''From west to east - sub-tributaries are shown indented'' * River Brent (partially underground) * Stamford Brook *Parrs Ditch * Counter's Creek * River Westbourne ** Tyburn Brook * River Tyburn * River Fleet, (following Farringdon Street, New Bridge Street and other roads). ** River Fleet#Lamb's Conduit, Lamb's Conduit ** River Fleet#Fagswell Brook, Fagswell Brook (Follows the course of Charterhouse Street) * River Walbrook * Lorteburn or Langbourne (now dry) * Sir Thomas More Street#The brook, Brook at Nightingale Lane * Black Ditch * Muswell Stream [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
