River Medway Leigh Flood Barrier
United Kingdom /
England /
Tonbridge /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Tonbridge
World / United Kingdom / England
barrage, floodgate
Built in 1981 in order to protect Tonbridge and other downstream communities against floods from the River Medway. When closed, floodwater is stored on farmland upstream of the barrier, providing Britain's largest on-line flood storage capacity of 1,230 million gallons.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°11'21"N 0°14'7"E
- Flood Barrier 32 km
- The Thames Barrier 37 km
- The King George V floodgate 37 km
- Barking flood barrier 38 km
- Wivenhoe (Colne) Tidal Barrier 89 km
- The Oosterscheldekering 245 km
- Flood gate E3 246 km
- Floodgate Podebrady 1055 km
- Pochylnia Buczyniec 1343 km
- Floodgate 1571 km
- Hall Place 2.1 km
- Tonbridge Racecourse Sportsground 2.2 km
- Tonbridge School 2.6 km
- Hildenborough 2.7 km
- Hadlow Place Solar Farm 7.3 km
- Sevenoaks School 8.8 km
- Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve 12 km
- Mereworth Military Training Area 12 km
- Mereworth Woods 12 km
- Kent 35 km