Willow Brook (River Nene)
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| Willow Brook | |
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 Willow Brook near Fotheringhay | |
  Location of the mouth within Northamptonshire | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| County | Northamptonshire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Corby |
| Mouth | River Nene |
• location | Fotheringhay |
• coordinates | 52°31′58″N 0°24′29″W / 52.532649°N 0.408065°W |
• elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Basin size | 96.2 km2 (37.1 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | River Nene |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Gretton Brook |
The Willow Brook is a tributary of the River Nene. Its entire course is in the English county of Northamptonshire.
The Willow Brook rises north of Corby where, until 1980, water was extracted for use at Corby Steelworks. It then flows through or near Deene, Bulwick, Blatherwycke, King's Cliffe and Woodnewton and joins the Nene downstream from Fotheringhay.[1]
In the early 1970s, a spate of pollution incidents left the river with high levels of zinc sulphate leading to the eradication of the stone loach population within the watercourse.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Willow Brook (Nene) | Catchment Data Explorer | Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ De L. G. Solbé, J. F.; Flook, Valerie A. (September 1975). "Studies on the toxicity of zinc sulphate and of cadmium sulphate to stone loach Noemacheilus barbatulus (L.) in hard water". Journal of Fish Biology. 7 (5): 631–637. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1975.tb04636.x.
 Rivers and watercourses of Northamptonshire | |
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