River Coln

For several similarly named rivers, see River Colne (disambiguation).

River Coln
River
River Coln south of Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire
Country	England
Counties	Gloucestershire
Towns	Fairford
Source
- location	Brockhampton, Gloucestershire
Mouth	River Thames
- location	Lechlade, Gloucestershire
Discharge	for Fairford
- average	2.06 m3/s (73 cu ft/s)
- max	6.2 m3/s (219 cu ft/s) 21 February 1995
- min	0.51 m3/s (18 cu ft/s) 31 October 1990
Discharge elsewhere (average)
- Bibury	1.33 m3/s (47 cu ft/s)
- Fossebridge	0.47 m3/s (17 cu ft/s)

The River Coln between Bibury and Coln St Aldwyn.

The River Coln is a river in Gloucestershire, England. It rises at Brockhampton to the east of Cheltenham, and flows in a south/south-easterly direction through the Cotswold Hills via Andoversford, Withington, Fossbridge, Bibury, Coln St Aldwyns and Fairford. It joins the River Thames to the south-west of Lechlade, where it shares a confluence with the Thames and Severn Canal, by The Round House Footbridge.^[1]

Extensive gravel pits that are now redundant, lying between Fairford and Lechlade, form the Eastern component of the Cotswold Water Park, which is fed and drained by the Coln.^[2]

The river is host to many species of freshwater fish including Brown trout and Grayling.^[1]

See also

• Tributaries of the River Thames
• List of rivers in England

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.ecn.ac.uk/sites/coln.html Environmental Change Network
2. ^ http://www.waterpark.org/ Cotswold Water Park

Next confluence upstream	River Thames	Next confluence downstream
River Ray (south)	River Coln	River Leach (north)

Coordinates: 51°41′N 1°42′W / 51.683°N 1.7°W / 51.683; -1.7