River Can
The River Can is a river in Essex, England. Chelmsford is centred on the confluence of the Can and the River Chelmer. The Can enters Chelmsford from the west, joining the Chelmer to the east of the city center. From the confluence, the Can becomes part of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.[1] The River Wid also meets the Can in the same area.
History
In about 1100, the River Can was bridged, restoring a former Roman road. This led to the growth of Chelmsford around the site of the bridge.[2]
Tributaries
- Right bank: Newland Brook, Roxwell Brook (5.4 km long), River Wid
- Left bank: Parsonage Brook, Chignal Brook (23 km long)[3]
References
51°43′48″N 0°28′45″E / 51.73006°N 0.47918°E / 51.73006; 0.47918
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- Southend-on-Sea
- Thurrock
- Basildon
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Castle Point
- Chelmsford
- Colchester
- Epping Forest
- Harlow
- Maldon
- Rochford
- Tendring
- Uttlesford
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- Aveley
- Basildon
- Billericay
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Brightlingsea
- Buckhurst Hill
- Burnham-on-Crouch
- Canvey Island
- Chadwell St Mary
- Chelmsford
- Chigwell
- Chipping Ongar
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Coggeshall
- Colchester
- Corringham
- Dovercourt
- Epping
- Frinton-on-Sea
- Grays
- Great Dunmow
- Hadleigh
- Halstead
- Harlow
- Harwich
- Leigh-on-Sea
- Loughton
- Maldon
- Manningtree
- Pitsea
- Purfleet
- Rayleigh
- Rochford
- Saffron Walden
- Shoeburyness
- South Benfleet
- South Ockendon
- Southend-on-Sea
- South Woodham Ferrers
- Stanford-le-Hope
- Thaxted
- Thundersley
- Tilbury
- Waltham Abbey
- Walton-on-the-Naze
- West Mersea
- West Thurrock
- Wickford
- Witham
- Wivenhoe
See also: List of civil parishes in Essex
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