River Mole earth, about a mile from "Darking" in "Surrey", and after some two miles sees the light againe, which to be certaine hath been affirmed by Inhabitants thereabout reporting triall made of it. John Milton (c. 1562–1647) described the river as In a similar vein, Alexander Pope (1688–1744) wrote in his poem "Windsor Forest" (first published 1713) Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823) writes the following lines about the Mole Valley in his 1806 poem "Wild Flowers". Extract from "The River Mole or Emlyn Stream" by Mary Drinkwater Bethune, which was published in 1839. The major tributaries of the River Mole are the Ifield
Mole Creek remains open. Mole Creek has a hotel, established in 1907, a guest house and restaurant, a swimming pool and adjacent community hall, supermarket, service station, post office and a church. Mole Creek is in the Meander Valley Council local government area, the Division of Lyons—for the state house of assembly and the federal house of representatives— and the state legislative council electoral division of Western Tiers. At the 2011 census, Mole Creek's statistical area—covering —had a population of 609 though the town itself had only 230. Mole Creek Mole Creek is a town in the upper Mersey Valley, in the