River Doe Lea

Doe Lea
The river near Doe Lea
Location
Country	England
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Pilsley
• elevation	705 feet (215 m)
Mouth
• location	River Rother
• coordinates	53°17′22″N 1°20′14″W / 53.2894°N 1.3373°W / 53.2894; -1.3373
• elevation	163 feet (50 m)
Length	11 miles (18 km)

v t e River Doe Lea
Legend
River Rother, Renishaw Jn with River Rother Trans Pennine Trail (old railway) Chesterfield Canal aqueduct  A619  bridge, Staveley Poolsbrook Country Park Poolsbrook Hawke Brook  M1  motorway Industrial railway Site of Coalite Chemicals  B6419  bridge Snipe Bog nature reserve  A632  bridge Bolsover nature reserves Doe Lea Stream Section SSSI Doe Lea Bridge, Bolsover tributary from Sutton Scarsdale tributary  A617  bridge, Doe Lea Stainsby Mill Stainsby Pond Millers Pond (Hardwick Park) Great Pond tributary source near Tibshelf

The River Doe Lea is a river which flows near Glapwell and Doe Lea in Derbyshire, England. The river eventually joins the River Rother near Renishaw. The river contained 1,000 times the safe level of dioxins in 1991, according to a statement made by Dennis Skinner, (MP) in the House of Commons in 1992. The river flows through the site of the former Coalite plant near Bolsover, where coke, tar and industrial chemicals were manufactured until the plant closed in 2004.

The stream section is designated an SSSI for its geological interest.