River Trent - The Nottinghamshire Trent

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River Greet to Farndon

The Staythorpe Power Station was commisioned in December 2010. The four combined cycle gas turbines deliver a 1650MWe capacity. The station is on the site of the former coal-powered Staythorpe A (1950-83) and B (1962-1994) stations.

Averham Weir to Newark Bypass Bridge

At Averham Weir the river splits with a branch heading north towards Kelham and the main channel passing east through Newark. The two branches rejoin at Winthorpe.



The Bypass Bridge carries the modern A46 Fosse Way.

Newark to Winthorpe Bridge

Newark is a market town and inland port on the Great North Road and Fosse Way. The Royalist defenders fortified the town and castle and held it through several sieges during the Civil War.





Trent Bridge was built in 1775 by Stephen Wright to carry the old Great North Road. The bridge was widened in 1848 by adding cantilevered footways with iron railings. The Fiddler's Elbow Bridge built in 1915 is a very early example of a reinforced concrete structure by Louis Gustav Mouchel, a Frenchman, who brought the techniques of Francois Hennebique to Britain.



A collection of bridges including the A46 bypass, Nottingham to Lincoln line and bowstring ECML Black Dyke bridge built in 2000.



Winthorpe Bridge built in the 1960s over the Winthorpe Rack channel carries the A1 bypassing Newark. The bridge is Grade II listed. It was included as an architecturally exceptional example of an unusual type of bridge.

Averham Weir to Winthorpe Bridge

The second channel flows north to Kelham. The bridge at Kelham was built in 1856.



There is a second bridge at Muskham and rail bridges.



The channels rejoin at Winthorpe.

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