Cat Ditch

Cat Ditch
Physical characteristics
SourceSlip End
MouthRiver Ivel
 • location
Astwick
 • coordinates
52°01′50″N 0°13′19″W / 52.03045°N 0.22189°W / 52.03045; -0.22189
Length8.595 km (5.341 mi)

Cat Ditch is a 8.595 km (5.341 mi) long river and joins the River Ivel near Astwick. It is one of twenty bodies in the Ivel Operational Catchment. The river starts near Slip End.

Water quality

The Environment Agency measures the water quality of the river systems in England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad.

The water quality of the Cat Ditch system follows as in 2022.

Water body Length Ecological Status Catchment Area Water body type Hydromorphological designation
Cat Ditch 8.595 km (5.341 mi) Good 42.989 km2 (16.598 sq mi) River Heavily modified

Course

Cat Ditch starts near Slip End, flowing through the A505 motorway, then through the settlement of Newnham and meanders to the A1 motorway, where its mouth is located at Astwick, it is a tributary of the Ivel. It has a total length of 8.595 km (5.341 mi) and has a catchment size of 42.989 km2 (16.598 sq mi). Cat ditch is one of the twenty bodies in the Ivel Operational Catchment.

Footbridge over Cat Ditch

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cat Ditch | Catchment Data Explorer | Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Ivel Operational Catchment | Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Glossary (see Ecological status)". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Page, William (1902). The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Westminster [etc., A. Constable & company, limited]. p. 270.
  5. ↑ "View map: Ordnance Survey, Bedfordshire XXIII.SE (includes: Ashwell; Astwick; Caldecote; Hinxworth; Newnham; Radwell; Stotfold.... - Ordnance Survey Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952". maps.nls.uk.