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The River Kent, which flows south through the town of Kendal before emptying into Morecambe Bay has its source on High Street's southern slopes. (N.B. This source has some traceability doubts and is slightly sketchy!! needs verification, get an OS map and see for yourself). Dropping 300 m in 40 km (1000 feet in 25 miles), the Kent was reputed to be the fastest flowing river in England up until the 1970's when, after a spate of severe flooding events to the town of Kendal and other river frontage sections led to the bed of the River Kent being lowered, it has also had two (known) separate schemes to widen the river in an attempt to reduce the impact of flooding upon the town.[3],The River Kent, which flows south through the town of Kendal before emptying into Morecambe Bay has its source on High Street's southern slopes. (N.B. This source has some traceability doubts and is slightly sketchy!! needs verification, get an OS map and see for yourself). Dropping 300 m in 40 km (1000 feet in 25 miles), the Kent was reputed to be the fastest flowing river in England up until the 1970's when, after a spate of severe flooding events to the town of Kendal and other river frontage sections led to the bed of the River Kent being lowered, it has also had two (known) separate schemes to widen the river in an attempt to reduce the impact of flooding upon the town. . The river also has some quite unique features, it varies drastically in depth and width, this changes dependent on the amount of water flowing, thus it can be extremely wide, yet shallow in parts, with deep, narrow gorges in other sections, these ever chaging factors makes the calculation of how fast the river flows a difficult task to measure; added to this it only travels an approximate distance of 25 miles from it's allged origins in the Kentmere Valley to the estuary in Morecambe Bay. . The river also has some quite unique features, it varies drastically in depth and width, this changes dependent on the amount of water flowing, thus it can be extremely wide, yet shallow in parts, with deep, narrow gorges in other sections, these ever chaging factors makes the calculation of how fast the river flows a difficult task to measure; added to this it only travels an approximate distance of 25 miles from it's allged origins in the Kentmere Valley to the estuary in Morecambe Bay.