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It is 8.5 miles (13.6km) in length. Its source is taken to be a point south of North Hyde Road in Hayes, Hillingdon , from where its course is generally in a southerly, if near semi-circular, direction, before it joins the River Thames at Isleworth . The principal tributary of the river — the ''Yeading Brook'' (formerly known as "The River Fishbourne") — begins its course considerably further north in the high ground between the northwest London suburbs of Pinner and Harrow . The main tributaries of the Crane are:
There are at least ten other streams. Passing through Cranford (= ''Crane'' + ''ford''), the river crosses ''Hounslow Heath'' (where the Duke of Northumberland's River enters Crane). Here the Duke's River passes to the south of London Heathrow Airport before joining the main river. From this point the Crane, which has been flowing in a south-westerly direction, passes through ''Crane Park'' ( Whitton ) and makes a complete turn to the north-east to join the Thames at Isleworth, throwing off the second section of the Duke's River near ''Kneller Gardens'' in Twickenham . The Crane is tidal for a short distance before its confluence with the Thames. The River Crane creates the boundary between the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow ; and for part of its route is in the London Borough Of Richmond . EXTERNAL LINKS
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