Stour Brook is a river that starts north west of the town of
Haverhill, Suffolk
Haverhill ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies about southeast of Cambridge and northeast of central London. In 202 ...
just over the
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...
border in the parish of
West Wickham.
After leaving Haverhill, it quickly joins the
River Stour by the village of
Wixoe, Essex. During its course through Haverhill, most of the natural channel of this river has been replaced with a concrete channel.
Course
The brook rises in the hills just east of
West Wickham in Cambridgeshire, only half a mile to the south of the source of the River Stour. It flows east for around before crossing into Suffolk and turning south east. It passes alongside the parish church of St Mary at
Withersfield, 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 at
Sturmer and flows into the River Stour only 50 yards or so after it has begun to mark the border between Essex and Suffolk.
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See also
* Rivers of the United Kingdom
References
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Rivers of Suffolk
Rivers of Essex