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The Trent is the third longest river in the United Kingdom. Its source is in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands into the Humber Estuary. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and spring snowmelt, which in the past often caused the river to change course.
The River Ouse flows to the east where it turns into the Humber, and the River Trent flows northwards. It curves to the east near the confluence, although this is largely engineered, rather than natural. A training wall was built on the western bank of the Trent after the First World War, in an attempt to keep the channel in a known position ...
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A stretch of the natural river now known as Peel's Cut in 2017, including the Andresey Bridge. Peel's Cut is a man-made waterway connected to the River Trent in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, in England. It was originally constructed by Robert "Parsley" Peel in the early 1780s to drive a cotton mill. The mill closed in 1849 and the cut was ...
In 1676 in Izaak Walton described the River Trent as "One of the finest rivers in the world and the most abounding with excellent salmon and all sorts of delicate fish." [ 6 ] Walton also speculated (incorrectly) that the name of the River Trent might be based on the number of fish species, that the Trent is "so called from thirty kind of ...
The River Trent is a river of the English Midlands, in the United Kingdom. Other rivers of the same name include: Trent River (Ontario) in Ontario, Canada; a hamlet Trent River in the municipality of Trent Hills along Trent River (Ontario) in Ontario, Canada. Trent River (North Carolina) in North Carolina, United States; Trent River (New ...
Three flood warnings and more than 30 alerts are in place across England and Scotland as the country’s cold snap has finally come to an end.. As temperatures move above 0C and return to double ...
To the west of the Cliff north of Lincoln lies the River Trent, with the valley of the Witham to the west south of Lincoln. The top of the Cliff is followed by two historically significant roads. Closely following the escarpment is an ancient trackway, loosely known as the Jurassic Way , [ 6 ] which in large parts now consists of the A607 south ...