page_title: River Itchen, Hampshire
hierarchical_section_title: River Itchen, Hampshire
caption_attribution_description: English: River Itchen. Dredging the bottom keeps the gravel bed clear and so good for fish
context_page_description: The River Itchen is a river in Hampshire, England. It flows from mid-Hampshire to join with Southampton Water below the Itchen Bridge in the city of Southampton. The river has a total length of 87 kilometres, and is noted as one of the world's premier chalk streams for fly fishing, especially using dry fly or nymphing techniques. The local chalk aquifer provides excellent storage and filtration and the river has long been used for public water supply. Watercress thrives all along the Itchen valley in its once pristine, crystal clear waters, now affected by some farming practices.
  The river is a 748.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is also a Special Area of Conservation and an area of 9 hectares is Hockley Meadows, a nature reserve managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. The estuary is part of a separate SSSI, Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary.
context_section_description: The River Itchen (previously also known as the River Alre) is a river in Hampshire, England. It flows from mid-Hampshire to join with Southampton Water below the Itchen Bridge in the city of Southampton. The river has a total length of 87 kilometres (54 mi), and is noted as one of the world's premier chalk streams for fly fishing, especially using dry fly or nymphing techniques. The local chalk aquifer provides excellent storage and filtration and the river has long been used for public water supply. Watercress thrives all along the Itchen valley in its once pristine, crystal clear waters, now affected by some farming practices. 
  The river is a 748.5-hectare (1,850-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is also a Special Area of Conservation and an area of 9 hectares (22 acres) is Hockley Meadows, a nature reserve managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. The estuary is part of a separate SSSI, Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary.
caption: The river near Bishopstoke
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