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From Painshill Park the river flows northwestwards towards the Thames, passing West End Common and at Esher the mean flow of the river is.

In response to heavy flooding of East Molesey and Thames Ditton in September 1968, the river was improved downstream of Albany Bridge to the Thames and new flood defences were constructed.

North of Esher the Mole splits into two branches at the Island Barn Reservoir near Molesey: the northern ( and smaller ) branch continues as the River Mole and the southern branch is known as the River Ember.

The two rivers flow either side of the reservoir, before flowing side by side in a north easterly direction, merging 400 m before the confluence with the River Thames, on the reach above Teddington Lock.

( For the purposes of the remainder of this article, the River Mole and the River Ember are treated as a single entity.