River Arrow
River Arrow near Alcester
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Country within the UK	England
Counties	Worcestershire,Warwickshire
Towns	Redditch,Alcester
Villages	Cofton Hackett,Alvechurch,Studley
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Beacon Hill,Worcestershire
Mouth
• location	Confluence with theAvon near Salford Priors,Warwickshire
• coordinates	52°09′18″N1°52′51″W / 52.1549°N 1.8807°W /52.1549; -1.8807
Discharge
• location	Broom[1]
• average	2.8 m3/s (99 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	River Alne
• right	Batchley Brook

TheRiver Arrow is a tributary of theRiver Avon and flows throughWorcestershire andWarwickshire in theEnglish Midlands.

The Arrow rises on Beacon Hill in theLickey Hills Country Park in theLickey Hills in the north ofWorcestershire, and heads generally southeastwards to become a major tributary of theRiver Avon. The river flows throughCofton Hackett, it then feedsLower Bittell Reservoir and flows throughAlvechurch before reaching theArrow Valley Country Park inRedditch. At the eastern boundary ofRedditch the river entersWarwickshire and flows through the river meadows atStudley, and then on throughSpernall and pastCoughton Court, aNational Trust property, where it isforded by a minor road, Coughton Fields Lane.^[2]

The Arrow then flows through the small market town ofAlcester and is joined by its largest tributary theRiver Alne. The river continues south through the village ofArrow where it still drives the waterwheel at the converted Arrow Mill, and then through the small villages ofWixford andBroom.^[3] The river joins theRiver Avon at Marriage Hill, nearSalford Priors, close to the boundary ofWarwickshire and Worcestershire.^[2]

In 1998 the river flooded for the first time since 1956, spilling over its defences and flooding a large part of Alcester.

The river burst its banks again during the night of 20/21 July 2007, flooding about 112 homes in Alcester. It breached the defences by Gunnings Bridge in Alcester and a large torrent of water flowed through the town and flooded about one foot (0.30 m) deep at the bottom of the High Street and Stratford Road.

• River Arrow Nature Reserve
• Rivers of the United Kingdom

• Rivers of Warwickshire
• Rivers of Worcestershire
• Warwickshire Avon catchment

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