About the River Beane
The River Beane is a globally rare chalk stream river. There are only around 250 chalk streams in the world, over 200 of which are in the south and east of England (the others are in northern France).
Chalk streams are so-called, not because they have chalk riverbeds (generally they don’t) but because they start or ‘rise’ from springs in the chalk hills at the heads of these rivers.
The River Beane is around 30km (20miles) in length and can be divided into three distinct sections, starting at its northern, upstream end.
Read more about The Winterbourne section, the Upper Beane and the Lower Beane in turn