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Silk Stream
The Silk Stream is a brook just over 4 kilometres long in the London Borough of Barnet. It is one of the major components of the Blue Ribbon Network.〔Greater London Authority - (The blue ribbon network )〕 The Silk Stream is a tributary of the River Brent, which it joins at Brent Reservoir. It has several tributaries including Burnt Oak Brook, Edgware Brook, the Edgwarebury Brook and Deans Brook.〔(Middlesex County Council, Sources of the Silk Stream )〕 The Silk Stream runs north-south through Colindale and Hendon. It gives its name to Silkstream Road, near Burnt Oak station. Silk Stream and Burnt Oak Brook are a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iGiGL – helping you find London’s parks and wildlife sites )〕 The name ''Silk'' is believed to derive from ''Sulh'' or ''Sulc'', probably from the Old English for plough or furrow.〔Ekwall, E., ''English River Names'', 1928, cited in 〕 ==See also==
*Nature reserves in Barnet
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