Talk:River Great Stour

River Stour

I really cannot see why we have to keep perpetuating the idea that in some way this river is three separate ones! I realise that there is some disparity with what the Environment Agency says in different references: this one, for example, certainly shows the Great Stour as one of those listed; however the Internal Drainage Board specifically local, says that it is responsible for the River Stour, and both have a map which shows the entire length of the river. IMO the fact that different names are given to parts of the river - the Upper Great Stour; the Great Stour itself; and then the River Stour cannot hide the fact that the same water is flowing through all of them. So this one cannot be a source of the Stour - it is surely just part of the river with a different name? Nor can this have an estuary like it says - it isn't the end of the river by any means. Finally the University of Liverpool study, with its map so much better than ours, says exactly what I am saying.

It seems to me that we need one article (River Stour, Kent) which includes the whole river from Lenham to the sea. In it we use the recommended layout in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers#Article Structure for that task. This includes the suggestion that a list of all tributaries is included:

• that should include at least three before Ashford (names?) coming off the Greensand Ridge , which is where the river starts
• the four tributaries S of Ashford, including the first major one, the East Stour. They should be in some sort of order (clockwise?)
• the four tributaries N of Ashford (Brook Stream etc)
• Sarre Penn & Wantsum
• Little Stour
  • all tributaries of those directly entering the S main river must be included

Once we have done that article (and I have begun work on it) then all the others should follow - if it is considered to be necessary. The Kennington Stream is only 1.1 miles in length...

I have copied this comment to the Stour article

Peter Shearan (talk) 14:37, 23 February 2008 (UTC)