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River Itchen

Weston Point Jetty & Itchen Bridge, Southampton. © Ralph Rawlinson - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

The River Itchen is one of the finest chalk streams in the world and is particularly prized by anglers. It has a long history of navigation, but with the locks around Winchester and upstream now long derelict, boating is restricted to the Southampton area.