Campton Brook or the River Hit is a river in Bedfordshire, and it is a continuation of New Inn Brook. The length of the Campton Brook is and it has a catchment area of . Whereas New Inn Brook’s length is at and a catchment area of .
Course and tributaries
Campton Brook is a continuation of New Inn Brook.
New Inn Brook starts near Streatley flowing through north west of Sharpenhoe and traverses into the Campton Brook near Lower Gravenhurst. New Inn Brook has a total length of and a catchment area of .
Campton Brook continues to flow near Upper Gravenhurst, then through Campton before joining the River Flit at its confluence in Shefford. It has a total length of and a catchment area of .
The two water bodies: Campton Brook and New Inn Brook are two out of the twenty bodies in the Ivel Operational Catchment.
A notable tributary of the Campton Brook is Barton Brook, it joins at its confluence near Lower Gravenhurst.
Water quality The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad.
The water quality of the Campton Brook system is in the table below.
+Water Quality of Campton BrookWater bodyWater Body TypeCatchment AreaLengthEcological Status Hydromorphological DesignationCampton Brook (Hit)RiverHeavily modifiedNew Inn BrookRiverHeavily modified
See also River Flit Bedfordshire Shefford
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References
External links River Hit walking route