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| Sherbourne | |
|---|---|
 Whitley Abbey Bridge, over the River Sherbourne inWhitley. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | England |
| City | Coventry |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Hawkes End,Allesley |
| Mouth | River Sowe |
• location | Baginton |
• coordinates | 52°22′35″N1°29′38″W / 52.37639°N 1.49389°W /52.37639; -1.49389 |
TheRiver Sherbourne is a river that flows through the city ofCoventry in theWest Midlands, England. The name Sherbourne is said to derive fromScir Burna, "clear stream" in Old English.
The source of the river is in the fields near Hawkes End in the parish ofAllesley. It flows for about 8 miles or 13 km in a generally southeastern direction.
The Sherbourne is crossed by both a pedestrian and vehicular bridge in Lake View Park,Coundon.[1]Warwickshire Wildlife Trust in partnership withCoventry City Council have carried out work to renaturalise the river's man-made straightened course through Lake View Park.[2][3]
Towards the centre of Coventry the river flows throughSpon End (where it is spanned byVignoles Bridge) and becomesculverted just before it reaches theInner Ring Road andSpon Street. In the city centre, the Sherbourne reappears briefly between Palmers Lane and The Burges. An Ordnance Survey map published in 1888 shows the course of the now largely culverted Sherbourne across Coventry city centre, passing Pool Meadow and a remnant of the city wall.[4]
The river then flows under a railway viaduct and through the suburb ofWhitley until it joins theRiver Sowe (a tributary of theRiver Avon) south of theA45 road nearBaginton.[5]
The Sherbourne Valley Project map shows the named tributaries of the River Sherbourne from source to confluence with the River Sowe to be North Brook, Pickford Brook, Guphill Brook, Radford Brook, Springfield Brook, Spital Brook and Cheylesmore Brook.[6]
Coventry City Council has plans to open up a stretch of the river which is currently culverted, and runs beneath The Burges, a street in the city centre.[7]
As part of the Sherbourne Valley Project, there are plans to return the river to its natural course, avoiding the current culverts and weirs, in the area of Coundon Wedge, west of Coventry. Specifically where the river is joined by the North Brook. This would allow fish to pass up and down the river more easily.[8]
Environment Agency monitoring shows the River Sherbourne to have a poor ecological status from 2009 to 2019, improving to moderate in 2022.[9][10]
Notable crossings in downstream order from source to confluence with the Sowe:
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