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The Devils Brook is a
The Devils Brook is a Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...
watercourse of that rises near Higher Ansty (on Pleck Farm, in Pleck
Pleck, in the borough of Walsall, neighbours Palfrey and stretches from the bridge on Wednesbury Road to Junction 9 of the M6 motorway
The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, r ...
or Little Ansty), near to the source of the River Divelish. It flows past Dewlish (to which it lent its name) and joins the River Piddle
The River Piddle or Trent or North River is a small rural Dorset river which rises in the Dorset Downs and flows into Poole Harbour near Wareham.
Etymology
The river's name has Germanic origins and has had various spellings over the years. I ...
at Athelhampton
Athelhampton (also known as Admiston or Adminston) is a settlement in the civil parish of Athelhampton and Puddletown, in Dorset, England, situated approximately east of Dorchester. It consists of a manor house and a former Church of England p ...
, which in turn flows into Poole Harbour
Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley ( ria) formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being th ...
.
Its length is given variously from to .
The river has a catchment area of .
Toponymy
See also
*List of rivers of England
This is a list of rivers of England, organised geographically and taken anti-clockwise around the English coast where the various rivers discharge into the surrounding seas, from the Solway Firth on the Scottish border to the Welsh Dee on the W ...
References
{{authority control Rivers of Dorset