Editing River Stour, Kent (section)

===Upper Great Stour===
The source, of what is known at that point as the Great Stour, is near the village of [[Lenham]], within a short distance of the [[River Len]], a tributary of the [[River Medway|Medway]]. The source is at a high elevation close to the [[North Downs]] escarpment. At first, the river flows south east in a narrow valley parallel to the [[escarpment]] and the [[Greensand Ridge|Greensand ridge]] to the south, before breaking through the ridge near [[Hothfield]] into a broad valley. Three small streams enter from the north, having their headwaters on the close to Downs escarpment. Flood defences can turn this valley into a large lake and an embankment has had to be built to prevent overflow into the Medway catchment barely {{Convert|100|m|ft}} away to the south. The river turns north east by the village of [[Great Chart]] in the direction of its outlet to the sea.

The confluence with the [[East Stour, Kent|East Stour]], flowing from its source near [[Hythe, Kent|Hythe]], is to be found at Pledge's Mill at the bottom of East Hill in Ashford.