Candover Brook

51.167°N 1.134°W / 51.167; -1.134

Candover Brook, north of New Alresford

The Candover Brook is a 9.6 km (6.0 mi) chalk stream^[1] in the English county of Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Itchen, which it joins near the town of New Alresford. The stream rises from springs just to the south of the village of Preston Candover.^[2]

It is one of the few rivers remaining in southern England that is home to the endangered native white-clawed crayfish.^[1]

Candover Brook is part of the Itchen Valley Countryside Heritage Area, recognising the distinctive features and biological richness of this area.^[3]

References

1. Stephanie Peay (2003). Monitoring the white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes (PDF). English Nature. ISBN 1-85716-727-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2006.
2. "History of Preston Candover and Nutley". Preston Candover and Nutley Parish Council. 15 August 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2006.
3. Proposal for Itchen Valley Countryside Heritage Area Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine - Hampshire County Council