River Wey - Other Terms For The River

Other Terms For The River

Wey Valley

Wey Valley is a term for the narrowing basin of the River Wey before it empties into the River Thames.

The River Wey unusually has two separate sources in different counties, and two river courses many miles apart but which share the same name. The south branch rises south of Haslemere in West Sussex and flows west into Hampshire going through the town of Bordon before turning east and entering Surrey southwest of Frensham. The northern branch rises near Alton in Hampshire and flows north-east through Farnham. A confluence happens where two branches meet, namely at Tilford. The combined river has a less pronounced valley after Godalming, except for the narrow chalk divide of the North Downs to both sides of Guildford (Guildown and Pewsey Down) and to the north a greater than 5m rise towards the centres of adjoining Old Woking, Pyrford, Ripley and Saint George's Hill.