A letter from the Bishop of London in 705 suggesting a meeting at Breġuntford, now Brentford, is the earliest record of this place and probably therefore that of the river, suggesting that the name may be related to the … See more

(For the purposes of this section, the Brent catchment area is taken to include the catchment areas of all its tributaries.)
The catchment area varies in altitude from just over 150 metres above sea level at Bushey He… See more

So extensive have the changes to this landscape been that what little evidence there is of man's presence before the ice came has inevitably shown signs of transportation here by water and reveals nothing spe… See more

The River Brent starts as the junction of Dollis Brook and Mutton Brook close to Bridge Lane in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet.
Its main tributary is Dollis Brook, around 6 miles (10 k… See more

Brentford Dock in west London was a major transshipment point between the Great Western Railway (GWR) and barges on the River Thames. The building of Brentford Dock was started in 1855 and it was formally opened in 1… See more