River Sherbourne

Sherbourne
River
Whitley Abbey Bridge, over the River Sherbourne in Whitley.
Country	England
City	Coventry
Source
- location	Hawkes End, Allesley
Mouth	River Sowe
- location	Baginton
- coordinates

The River Sherbourne is a river that flows under the centre of the city of Coventry, in the West Midlands, of England.

The source of the river is in the fields of Hawkes End in the Parish of Allesley. From where it flows south continuing through Spon End (where it is spanned by "Vignoles Bridge") and the city centre, where it is culverted just before it reaches the Inner Ring Road and Spon Street, and through the suburb of Whitley. It joins the River Sowe south of the A45 road near Baginton, and eventually flows into the River Avon near Stoneleigh. Its waters end up in the Atlantic Ocean, via the River Severn and the Bristol Channel.

The name Sherbourne is said to derive from "Scir Burna"....clear stream.

In 1935 and on eight more recent occasions, the Sherbourne in these upper parts around Allesley, has dried up almost completely.

Coventry City Council has plans to open up a stretch of the river which is currently culverted, and runs beneath The Burges, a street in the city centre.

See also

• River Leam