Sometimes on an exceptionally high tide the water flows over the weir causing a tidal effect as far up as Kingston. |
Follow the river upstream, ignoring another path to the left, and drop down to a weir and boardwalk by the river that leads to a track. |
Through the extensive studies done in the area we know that raising the weir is the only way to go. |
Follow the river upstream from the weir for about two hundred yards and you will come to a clearing. |
A weir is a dam placed across a river to raise or divert the water, or a fence in a stream to catch or retain fish. |
The half weir was constructed to keep a good head of water in the river between Richmond and the end of the tidal flow at Teddington weir. |