tədˈeɪ ðə ɹˈɪvɚ flˈiːt hˈæzbiːn ɹᵻdˈuːst tʊ ɐ tɹˈɪkəl ɪn ɐ kˈʌlvɜːt ˌʌndɚ nˈuː bɹˈɪdʒ stɹˈiːt ðæt ɪmˈɜːdʒᵻz ˌʌndɚ blˈækfɹaɪɚz bɹˈɪdʒ, bˌʌt bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə dɪvˈɛləpmənt ʌv lˈʌndən ɪt wʌzðə bˈɪɡɪst ɹˈɪvɚɹ ɪnðɪ ˈɛɹiə, ˈæftɚ ðə tˈɛmz.
Today the River Fleet has been reduced to a trickle in a culvert under New Bridge Street that emerges under Blackfriars Bridge, but before the development of London it was the biggest river in the area, after the Thames.