East Stour, Kent

{{Short description|River in Kent, England}}

{{for|details of the watermills powered by the river|Stour watermills}}

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| name = River East Stour

| image = River Stour Map.jpg

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| image_caption = River Stour and Tributaries

| source1_location = Postling

| mouth_location = Great Stour
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Ashford

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51.14890|0.88020|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| length_mi = 10.3

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The River East Stour is one of the tributaries of the Great Stour in Kent.{{cite book

| last = Clarke

| first = R.G.

| title = Expansion at Ashford: An Appraisal of Its Impact on East Kent

| publisher = Kent County Council

| year = 1967

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=53QbAQAAMAAJ

| access-date = 9 July 2018

| page = 1

}} The East Stour, 10.3 miles (16.5 km) long,[http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/stour_cfmp_2_1018400.pdf The Environment Agency] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316130647/http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/stour_cfmp_2_1018400.pdf |date=March 16, 2007 }})) rises on the Greensand ridge at Postling north of Hythe as a number of small streams. It then flows under the M20 motorway to continue in a westward direction: the river meanders across the Low Weald plain, passing Mersham on the way. The East Stour's confluence with the Great Stour is on both sides of Pledge's Mill at the foot of East Hill, Ashford.

The South Willesborough Dykes are on the banks of the East Stour in Willesborough, Ashford and helps form part of the Ashford Green Corridor.

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