Editing River Fleet (section)

===Today===
[[File:Fleet Mouth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The mouth of the River Fleet in 2002, appearing as a drainage outlet (obscured in shadow) in the [[Thames Embankment|embankment]] wall beneath [[Blackfriars Bridge]]]]
The Fleet, which is now a sewer that follows its route, can be seen and heard through a grating in Ray Street, [[Clerkenwell]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Bolton |title=Where to see and hear the hidden River Fleet |website=Londonist |date=3 July 2020 |url=https://londonist.com/2016/09/where-to-see-and-hear-the-hidden-river-fleet |access-date=28 August 2023 }}</ref> in front of The Coach pub (formerly the Coach and Horses), just off [[Farringdon Road]]. The position of the river can still be seen in the surrounding streetscape with Ray Street and its continuation, Warner Street, lying in a valley where the river once flowed. It can also be heard through a grid in the centre of [[Charterhouse Street]], where it joins Farringdon Road (on the [[Smithfield, London|Smithfield]] side of the junction). In wet weather (when the sewer system is overloaded), and on a very low tide, the murky Fleet can be seen gushing into the Thames from the Thameswalk exit of [[Blackfriars station]], immediately under [[Blackfriars bridge]]. (The tunnel exit shown in the picture can be seen much more clearly from directly above.)

The former [[mayor of London]], [[Boris Johnson]], proposed [[daylighting (streams)|opening]] short sections of the Fleet and other rivers for ornamental purposes,<ref>[https://archive.today/20080905000647/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4138268.ece Boris Johnson to revive London’s lost rivers] (payment required)</ref> although the [[Environment Agency]] – which manages the project – is pessimistic that the Fleet can be among those uncovered.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jan/08/river-restoration-london|title= River rescue: project launched to breathe life into waterways buried under London concrete and brick|last=Jowit|first=Juliette |date=8 January 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|page=15|access-date=8 January 2009}}</ref>