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Bulstake Stream

Bulstake Stream

Stream in Oxfordshire, England


Bulstake Stream, also spelt Bullstake Stream, is a backwater of the River Thames at Oxford, England.

Bulstake Stream at New Botley.
Another view of Bulstake Stream.

The stream leaves the main stream of the Thames at a river junction known as Four Rivers, at the south west corner of Fiddler's Island opposite Sheepwash Channel. It immediately flows past Tumbling Bay, which had a bathing place in use from 1853 to 1990, when the toilets and huts were removed.[1] The pool is still in occasional use, though in disrepair.[2] A fish race was added in to bypass the bathing place and was completed by 2020.[2] The Osney Ditch flows out of the stream southeast towards Osney. The stream follows a semi-circular course, west and then south, passing under bridges on Binsey Lane and Botley Road (Bulstake Bridge) to a confluence with Seacourt/Hinksey Stream near North Hinksey. It resumes, east, past Osney Mead Industrial Estate, and rejoins the Thames at the Osney Rail Bridge. The Thames Path crosses the stream on a bridge known as Boney's Bridge.[3] Botley Stream flows into it from Seacourt Stream just north of Botley Road.

The lower part (resumption) is also known as Potts Stream or Pot Stream.[4][5]

Until 1790, the stream was the main navigation channel of the Thames.[5] It became a backwater when Osney Lock was opened.


References

  1. Graham, Malcolm. "TUM 150: Recreation at Tumbling Bay 1853-2010". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011..
  2. Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R.; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Hassall, T.G.; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). A History of the County of Oxford. Victoria County History. Vol. 4: Communications: Rivers and River Navigation.
Next confluence upstreamRiver ThamesNext confluence downstream
Dukes Cut (north) Bulstake Stream Castle Mill Stream (north)

51.7462°N 1.2675°W / 51.7462; -1.2675


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