River Gade

River Gade

The River Gade is a river in England. It rises from a spring in the chalk of the Chiltern Hills at Dagnall and flows through Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley and Croxley to Rickmansworth where it joins the The River Colne.

The river was once used to power water mills at Water End, Cassiobury Park and Two Waters as well as powering the John Dickinson paper mills at Apsley and Croxley.

It supported the farming of watercress at Cassiobury Park, Water End, the Water Gardens and Two Waters until water was diverted from the river in 1947 to supply the growing new town of Hemel Hempstead.

Below Hemel Hempstead it runs alongside and sometimes forms part of the Grand Union Canal.

The remains of a Roman villa 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.

References

* [http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/PDF/LandscapeCharAssess_F28_Area123HighGadeValley.pdf Dacorum Landscape Character Assessment] High Gade Valley , Dacorum Borough Council , 2004. Accessed April 2007


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