River Uck
The River Uck is a river in Sussex, which drains a catchment starting near Crowborough in the north, Hadlow Down to the east and Laughton to the south.
The river flows through the town of Uckfield and into the River Ouse about five miles north of Lewes. The River Uck has a scenic walk alongside it. The river burst its banks in 2000, flooding much of Uckfield and the surrounding countryside.[1][2]
In the Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman novel Good Omens the Uck provides a small but important scene in the narrative.[3]
Location
- Location map: 50°56’28"N, -0°3’13"E
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about River Uck) |
References
- ↑ "South hit by severe floods". BBC News. 2000-10-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/967952.stm.
- ↑ "Uckfield Case Study: What was the impact of the October 2000 flood?". Geographical Association. http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/flooding/uckfield/impact.
- ↑ Neil Gaiman; Terry Pratchett (22 November 2011). Good Omens. Transworld. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-4481-1023-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=B7FL6zzN_FsC&pg=PA196.
- Prendergast, H.D.V.: 'Ouse and Uck. Sketch of a Sussex Catchment' (Essedon Press, 2019)