| Stour Brook | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Region | Suffolk,Essex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | West Wickham, Cambridgeshire |
| • coordinates | 52°07′07″N0°22′30″E / 52.1187°N 0.3750°E /52.1187; 0.3750 |
| • elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Mouth | River Stour |
• location | betweenSturmer andWixoe |
• coordinates | 52°04′00″N0°29′23″E / 52.0667°N 0.4898°E /52.0667; 0.4898 |
• elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Length | 11.1 km (6.9 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | River Stour |
Stour Brook is a river that starts north west of the town ofHaverhill, Suffolk just over theCambridgeshire border in the parish ofWest Wickham.[1] After leaving Haverhill, it quickly joins theRiver Stour by the village ofWixoe, Essex. During its course through Haverhill, most of the natural channel of this river has been replaced with a concrete channel.
The brook rises in the hills just east ofWest Wickham in Cambridgeshire, only half a mile to the south of the source of the River Stour. It flows east for around2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) before crossing into Suffolk and turning south east. It passes alongside the parish church of St Mary atWithersfield, before continuing to Haverhill, where it follows the course of the former railway track through the town centre, though a portion of it has been culverted. It then passes the old railway station atSturmer and flows into the River Stour only 50 yards or so after it has begun to mark the border between Essex and Suffolk.[1]
