River Trent - The Staffordshire Trent
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Contents
- River Trent
- Source
- Biddulph Moor to Knypersley Reservoir
- Knypersley Reservoir to Norton Green
- Norton Green to Stoke
- Stoke-on-Trent to Great Haywood
- Great Haywood to Wolseley Bridge
- Colwich to Wolseley Bridge and Rugeley
- Rugeley to Alrewas
- Alrewas to Wychnor Bridges
- Wychnor Bridges to Burton-on-Trent
- Burton-on-Trent to the Derbyshire Border
River Trent
The River Trent, the third longest river in England emerges at around 919ft (280m) on Biddulph Moor and flows for 185 miles (298km) eventually discharging into the Humber Estuary at Trent Falls. The limit of navigation is at Burton on Trent. Upstream of this the Trent & Mersey Canal provides an alternative for boaters.
Source
Biddulph Moor to Knypersley Reservoir
The new river starts life as a fast flowing upland stream passing through the millstone grit landscape. The river drops 100m of level in the 3km between the source and Knypersley Reservoir. The reservoir was built by Thomas Telford in 1827 as a canal feeder for the Caldon Canal.
Knypersley Reservoir to Norton Green
The reservoir and canal feeder influence the river flow between the reservoir and Stoke-on-Trent. In dry weather a large proportion of the flow of the infant Trent seems to be taken off to supply the canal system.
Having dropped a further 40m to reach Norton Green the river enters the city boundary of Stoke-on-Trent and the rural character disappears. This was a working river powering forges and mills.
Norton Green to Stoke
The river catchment has entered the coal measures with mining villages on the high ground and former colliery sites on the lower slopes. The Caldon Canal runs beside the river along the valley bottom.
Bucknall Park provides an unexpected public access to the river although the water quality may be questionable. Leaving the park the river is again hidden from public view as it approaches Stoke.
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