River Crane, London

The River Crane is a river in west London, England, and is a tributary of the River Thames. The River Crane is 8.5 miles (13.6 km) in length. Its source is taken to be a point south of North Hyde Road in Hayes, Hillingdon, from where its course is generally in a southerly, if near semi-circular, direction, before it joins the River Thames at Isleworth. Its name is a back-formation from Cranford, London. Formerly it was called the Cranford River. Passing through Cranford, the river crosses Cranford Park, skirts the eastern side of Heathrow and Hounslow Heath (where the Duke of Northumberland's River enters the Crane). Here the Duke's River passes to the south of London Heathrow Airport before joining the main river. From this point the...