River Mimram

The Mimram Valley is named after the river Mimram, which rises from a spring near Whitwell, in North Hertfordshire, UK.

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Whitwell - Hertfordshire - UK

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The valley floor of the River Mimram is characterised by extensive flood meadows. The land is given over to rough grazing mainly cattle with some horse grazing adjacent to houses and farmsteads. The field pattern is largely lost through grazing out of hedges, leaving remnant hedgerow trees and replacement post and barbed wire boundaries. Mature trees are scattered throughout the area with the only notable woodland to the north. Species mix is dominated by willow and poplar. Vegetation frames views and allows occasional glimpses down the river corridor. The smaller, more intimate scale of the landscape is emphasised by the enclosing large-scale arable landscape.

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