Sowy River

Sowy River
The Sowy River at Stathe
Location
Country	England
State	Somerset
Physical characteristics
Source	River Parrett
• coordinates	51°02′41″N 2°50′38″W / 51.04472°N 2.84389°W / 51.04472; -2.84389
Mouth	King's Sedgemoor Drain
• coordinates	51°06′43″N 02°53′16″W / 51.11194°N 2.88778°W / 51.11194; -2.88778
Length	12 km (7.5 mi)

v t e Sowy River
Legend
King's Sedgemoor Drain Sowy River footbridge Langacre Rhyne Bimpit Lane Bridge  A361  Greylake Bridge Greylake Farm Bridge King's Sedgemoor Drain Head Drove Bridge  A372  Beer Wall Bridge Langacre Rhyne Aller Drove Bridge River Parrett Stathe Bridge Oath lock and sluice Church Drove Bridge Oath Bridge Middle Moor footbridge Combe bridge Monks Leaze clyce River Parrett

The Sowy River is an artificial drainage channel in Somerset, England, designed to act as a flood relief channel for the River Parrett. Water from the Parrett can be diverted into it just below Langport, and is conveyed to the King's Sedgemoor Drain, which discharges back into the Parrett much nearer to its outfall into the Bristol Channel. Following extensive flooding of the surrounding land in 2014, new culverts to carry the river under the A372 road at Beer Wall were constructed, and a three-year project to raise the banks and widen the channel to increase its capacity was undertaken.