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Pages in category "Rivers of Staffordshire" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. River Anker; B.
The brook is capable of causing flooding, and was the subject of a flood alleviation scheme in the 1990s by the National Rivers Authority. The completed scheme was commemorated by a sculpture on the Brook Lane bridge, known as The Return. The 1995 carved stone sculpture by local artist Ian Randall, shows a cascade of fish returning to the brook.
The brook has been designated as a main river between Middleport and its confluence with the River Trent, [5] since it is the main watercourse in the Etruria Valley. The catchment or drainage basin lies between that of the Ford Green Brook to the north and east, and that of the Lyme brook over the valley ridge to the south and west, and has an ...
The brook then flows to the east of Smallthorne, and Sneyd Green where it passes beneath the Caldon Canal, joining the Trent near Milton, Staffordshire. [2] The catchment, which lies between that of the Head of Trent to the north and east, and that of the Scotia brook to the south and west, has an area of 15 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi). Ford ...
The University of Staffordshire is a public research university in Staffordshire, England. It has its main campus in Stoke-on-Trent and four other campuses in Stafford , Lichfield , Shrewsbury , and London .
The river passes through Stoke-on-Trent, Stone, Staffordshire, Rugeley, Burton-upon-Trent and Nottingham before joining the River Ouse, Yorkshire at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea between Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire and Immingham in Lincolnshire. The wide Humber estuary has often been described as ...
The River Mease near Clifton Campville. The Mease is formed by a confluence of smaller streams near the village of Norton Juxta Twycross in North West Leicestershire. [1] It flows westwards for approximately 16 miles (25 km) across a largely rural and agricultural landscape to its confluence with the River Trent at Croxall in Staffordshire, with its waters eventually reaching the North Sea via ...
The source of the river is located over 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level in the Staffordshire moorlands, near the gritstone escarpment of the Roaches, and next to the A53 Leek to Buxton road, It is only a few hundred yards away from Black Brook which ultimately, through the Dane and Weaver, flows into the Irish Sea; however, the Churnet, through the Dove, Trent and Humber Estuary, ultimately ...