The Silk Stream is a brook in the London Borough of Barnet

London Borough of Barnet

The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 331,500 and covers . It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow and Brent to the west, Camden and Haringey to the south-east and Enfield to the...

. It is one of the major components of the Blue Ribbon Network

Blue Ribbon Network

The Blue Ribbon Network is a policy element of the London Plan relating to the naviagable waterways of London, England.Aside from the River Thames, the major components of the network are:#Grand Union Canal#Regent's Canal#River Lee Navigation#River Brent...

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The Silk Stream is a tributary of the River Brent

River Brent

The Brent is a river within Greater London which is a tributary of the River Thames. It is 17.9 miles long, running north-east to south-west, and it joins the Thames on the Tideway at Brentford, Hounslow.- Hydronymy and etymology :...

, which it joins at Brent Reservoir

Brent Reservoir

The Brent Reservoir is a reservoir which straddles the boundary between the London boroughs of Brent and Barnet and is owned by British Waterways...

. It has several tributaries including Burnt Oak Brook, Edgware Brook, the Edgwarebury Brook and Deans Brook

Deans Brook

Deans Brook is a stream which runs between Mill Hill and Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a tributary of the Silk Stream, which is a tributary of the River Brent, which is a tributary of the River Thames....

. The Silk Stream runs north-south through Colindale

Colindale

-Transport:*Colindale tube station, on the Northern Line Edgware branch, is situated on the north side of the east-west Colindale Lane.-Development:...

 and Hendon

Hendon

Hendon is a London suburb situated northwest of Charing Cross.-History:Hendon was historically a civil parish in the county of Middlesex. The manor is described in Domesday , but the name, 'Hendun' meaning 'at the highest hill', is earlier...

. It gives its name to Silkstream Road, near Burnt Oak station.

Silk Stream and Burnt Oak Brook are a Local Nature Reserve

Local Nature Reserve

Local nature reserve or LNR is a designation for nature reserves in the United Kingdom. The designation has its origin in the recommendations of the Wild Life Conservation Special Committee which established the framework for nature conservation in the United Kingdom and suggested a national suite...

, Borough Grade II.

See also

• Rivers of London
• Rivers of the United Kingdom
• Nature reserves in Barnet
  Nature reserves in Barnet
  Nature Reserves in Barnet is a table of Local Nature Reserves listed on the Mayor of London's Wildweb website which are wholly or partly in the London Borough of Barnet. Most of them are described as Sites of Nature Conservation Importance instead of LNRs in Barnet's Unitary Development Plan...