| River Flit | |
|---|---|
 River Flit in Flitwick Moor | |
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| County | Bedfordshire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | East of Chalton |
| • coordinates | 51°55′35.64″N 0°29′38.9″W / 51.9265667°N 0.494139°W |
| Mouth | River Ivel |
• location | Langford |
• coordinates | 52°02′19″N 0°20′50″W / 52.03855°N 0.34727°W |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | River Hit |
The River Flit is a short river in Bedfordshire, England.[1] Its name is not ancient, but rather a back formation from Flitton which originally meant that the river was spelt with as Flitt rather than Flit.[2]
- ^ "River Flit photos, maps, books, memories - Francis Frith". Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 182. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.