River Dene - Citizendia

Old Stratford and Midland Junction Railway bridge over the River Dene at Kineton

The River Dene is a small river in Warwickshire, England. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is a tributary of the Avon, which it joins at Charlecote Park. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The River Avon or Avon is a River in or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Charlecote Park ( is a grand 16th-century Country house in an ancient deer park on the banks of the River Avon, 6 km east of Stratford-upon-Avon and 9 The headwaters of the River Dene rise on the western slopes of the Burton Dassett Hills and flow westward towards Kineton. Burton Dassett Hills Country Park is a Country park in south-eastern Warwickshire, England. Kineton (ˈkaɪntən is a large Village and Civil parish on the River Dene in south-eastern Warwickshire, England. Five miles downstream of Kineton, the river turns abruptly north, flowing through the villages of Walton and Wellesbourne before joining the Avon. Walton is a small Hamlet just south of Wellesbourne in Warwickshire, England. Wellesbourne is a large Village and Civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of the UK.

To the west of Kineton, the river was followed, and bridged in numerous places, by the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway. The Stratford-Upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway (SMJR was a minor Railway company of 67 miles in the United Kingdom which touched the counties of Bedfordshire At Kineton can be seen the remains of four sets of sluice-gates, possibly used for the washing of sheep. A sluice is a water channel that is controlled at its head by a gate

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