This page contains links to a variety of files pertaining to the river. 

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1. Click on the attachment "Dipping Records.xls" below to see data and graphs from the monthly record of Borehole Dipping between "source" at Mobwell Pond (beside the Black Horse) and Chalfont St Peter.

2. Click on the attachment "The Misbourne Strikes Back: Advances 2007- 2011.doc" below to read of the ebbs and flows of the river downstream of Amersham during this period of recovery

3. Click on the attachment "Extent of Flows.xls" to see the extent of perched flow below Quarrendon Mill and spring flow above Chalfont Park by date.

4. Click on the attachment "Flow in the Misbourne 1993 - 2008.doc" below  to read a January 2009 paper by John Norris discussing characteristics and exceptions of Misbourne flow.

5. Click on the attachment "River Misbourne Geology Oct08.pdf" below to read a paper by Haydon W. Bailey B.Sc., Ph.D., FGS, C.Geol. presented to the Chiltern Society Rivers & Wetlands Group in 2008.  This fascinating paper includes reference to the formation of the modern Thames and the differing chalk types (porosities) in the Misbourne valley.

6. Click on the attachment "HS routes geological paper.pdf" below to read a paper by Haydon W. Bailey B.Sc., Ph.D., FGS, C.Geol. which places proposed routes for HS2 in a geological context and draws attention to potentially disastrous consequences for the River Misbourne.  

7. Click on the attachment "MRA Overview Slides.pdf" below to see an introductory presentation to Misbourne River Action.