River Fleet – London's Largest Subterranean Rivers

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The Fleet River

Fleet London – Fleet Street is named after the river. Its eastern end is located at the old crossing of the river, Fleet Bridge. This is where you will find Ludgate Circus.

Fleet road Hampstead – The Fleet rises upon Hampstead Heath from two sources that flow onto the surface as Highgate Ponds and Hampstead Ponds. The Fleet then goes underground and flows under Kentish Town before joining Camden Town. The river then followed a sinuous path, which is why King's Cross station was located next to it. The German Gymnasium faced the river banks and the Great Northern Hotel curves alongside the Fleet. King's Cross was initially called Battle Bridge. This refers to an ancient bridge that was built over the Fleet, where Boudica's army is believed to have fought an important war against the Romans. The name was later changed to refer to George IV's statue and was quickly replaced by the "lighthouse", which still stands today.

Kings Road Fleet – It then heads down King's Cross Road, and other streets including Farringdon Road, Farringdon Street, and Farringdon Road. The former river's line marks the western boundary for Clerkenwell and an area of Holborn's eastern boundary. It continues on to form part the boundary of modern London Boroughs of Camden, Islington.

At Farringdon Street the valley broadens out, and straightens, to join the Thames beneath Blackfriars Bridge. The valley slopes are still visible in the streets surrounding the lower reaches. This is why there are two viaduct bridges, one at Rosebery Avenue crossing Warner Street and the other at Holborn Viaduct across Farringdon Street. These bridges carry roads over portions of the valley floor.

First Photo Credit Jon Doe

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The River Fleet

The Fleet was a major river in Roman times. Its estuary may have contained the oldest tidal mine in the world.

In Anglo-Saxon times, the Fleet was still a substantial body of water, joining the Thames through a marshy tidal basin over 100 yards (91 m) wide at the mouth of the Fleet Valley. It was home to many wells. Some were located on its banks.

Kings Place Fleet – As London grew, the river became increasingly a sewer. Poor-quality housing and prisons became a hallmark of the area. Bridewell Palace was converted into prison. Newgate, Fleet, and Ludgate were all constructed in this area. Alexander Pope, in his Dunciad (1728), wrote: "To where Fleet-ditch has disemboguing streams/ Rolls the large tribute to Thames dogs / The king dykes!" "Thou sluice no mud / with deeper, sable blots silver flood

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The Fleet

Christopher Wren, an architect who proposed widening the river after the Great Fire of London (1666), was denied. Rather, the Fleet was converted into the New Canal, completed in 1680 under the supervision of Robert Hooke. Newcastle Close and Old Seacoal Lane, which are now just a few alleyways from Farringdon Street, recall the wharves that once lined this canal. These were particularly used by the coast coal trade from the north east. Seacoal Lane was an adjacent road that existed until the end of the 20th century. This may have suggested that a new wharf was constructed near it.

Unpopular and unutilized, the upper canal was enclosed between Holborn Circus and Ludgate Circus in 1737 to create the "Fleet Market". The lower part, the section from Ludgate Circus to the Thames, had been covered by 1769 for the opening of the new Blackfriars Bridge and was consequently named "New Bridge Street".

From 1812, the Regent's Canal was built and urban growth covered the river in King's Cross & Camden. The Fleet Market was shut down during the 1860s when Farringdon Road was built and Farringdon Street was constructed as a highway to north. Hampstead, however, was able to cover the upper section of river in the 1870s.