Cat Ditch is a long river and joins the River Ivel near Astwick. It is one of twenty bodies in the Ivel Operational Catchment. The river starts near Slip End.
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 Cat Ditch system follows as in 2022. +Water bodyLengthEcological StatusCatchment AreaWater body typeHydromorphological designation Cat DitchRiverHeavily modified
Course Cat Ditch starts near Slip End, flowing through the A505 motorway, then through the settlement of Newnham and meanders to the A1 motorway, where its mouth is located at Astwick, it is a tributary of the Ivel. It has a total length of and has a catchment size of . Cat ditch is one of the twenty bodies in the Ivel Operational Catchment.
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