| River Lod | |
|---|---|
 Bridge over the River Lod at Lords Wood Barns dated 1779 | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Marley Heights |
| • location | Haslemere, Surrey |
| • elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Mouth | River Rother |
• location | Lods Bridge |
| Basin size | 52 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Halfway Bridge |
| • average | 0.58 m3/s (20 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 0.01 m3/s (0.35 cu ft/s)7 September 1991 |
| • maximum | 41.5 m3/s (1,470 cu ft/s)27 December 1979 |
| Water Body ID: GB107041012830 | |
The River Lod is a short river draining about 52 km2 (20 sq mi) of north west Sussex.[1] The main source is on the Greensand Ridge at Marley Heights near Haslemere, about 140 metres (460 ft) above sea level. From here it flows west past Lynchmere, then south to Furnace Pond, where iron cannon were cast during the English Civil War.[2] It then turns south east, flowing south of Fernhurst to Lickfold and Lurgashall where it formerly powered Lurgashall Mill, now moved to the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. From Mill Farm it heads south between high banks, which it only overflows after the heaviest of rainfalls, passing between the hills of Lodsworth and River to Halfway Bridge on the A272 road then joining the River Rother at Lods Bridge.
- ^ Howorth R; Manning C (2006). "Land use change and the water environment of the West Weald over a 30-year period 1971-2001" (PDF). National Hydrology Symposium. 9. British Hydrological Society: 67–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Magilton, John (2003). Fernhurst Furnace. Chichester: Chichester District Council. pp. 33–63. ISBN 0-85017-013-3.