River Len
| Len | |
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Kent rivers, showing the Len. | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Region | Kent |
| District | Maidstone |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Bluebell Woods near Platt's Heath in Kent |
| • location | Maidstone, England |
| Mouth | joins River Medway |
| Length | 16 km (9.9 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Maidstone |
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| Tributaries | |
| • left | The Fair Bourne, Leeds Stream |
| • right | Selesbourne, Holingbourne Stream or Snagbrook, Bearsted Stream |
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The River Len is a river in Kent, England. It rises at a spring in Bluebell Woods to the southeast of the village centre of Lenham 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from the source of the River Great Stour; both rise on the Greensand Ridge. Its length is c10 miles (16 km). It enters the River Medway at Maidstone.
The river flows in a generally westerly direction. Today it runs parallel with the M20 motorway for much of the first part of its journey: it passes between the hamlet of Fairbourne Heath and Harrietsham; after Broomfield, the river becomes the lake adjoining Leeds Castle. The Len enters the town of Maidstone south of Bearsted and its waters become the lake in Mote Park; and it enters the River Medway c1.25 miles (2.01 km) beyond.
The river powered a number of watermills on itself and its tributaries in the parishes of Ulcombe, Leeds, Hollingbourne, Boxley and Maidstone.