Plaque

Fleet River floods - Goldington Crescent

Erection date: 2017

Inscription

{Around the outer ring:}
The hidden River Fleet flows nearby.

Goldington Crescent Gardens
This area was the northern edge of Pancras Wash, once a flood plain for the River Fleet rising in Hampstead. The Fleet passes underground on its way to the River Thames.

Site: Fleet River floods - Goldington Crescent (1 memorial)

NW1, Goldington Crescent Gardens

Not easy to spot, this plaque is laid into the ground, slightly right of centre in our photo.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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