River Drone

River Drone
River Drone by Ramshaw Woods, Unstone
Location
CountryEngland
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSheffield Border
 • elevation140 m (460 ft) (Dronfield)
Mouth 
 • location
River Rother
Length9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi)
Basin size57.8 km2 (22.3 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationSheepbridge
 • average0.8 m3/s (28 cu ft/s)
River Drone
source at Mickley
aqueduct and Bradway Tunnel
source at Dore and Totley
source at Jordanthorpe
A61 trunk road
B6158 Dyche Lane
B6057 Sheffield Road bridge
Jordanthorpe
Holmley Common
B6057 Sheffield Road bridge
culvert under industrial estate
culvert under railway
Midland Main Line "New Road"
Soaper Lane bridge
Lea Road bridge
Midland Main Line "New Road"
tributary
Culvert under Dronfield station
B6057 Chesterfield Road bridge
Midland Main Line "New Road"
site of Dronfield Corn Mill
Mill Lane bridge
Midland Main Line "New Road"
Bentley Hall Brook
Dronfield Sewage Works
Half Acre Lane bridge
Crow Lane bridge
site of Unstone Corn Mill
Midland Main Line "New Road"
Whittington Lane bridge
B6057 Brierley Bridge
B6057 Sheffield Road bridge, The Brushes
 A61  trunk road
Barlow Brook
 A61  trunk road
B6057 Sheffield Road bridge, Old Whittington
Midland Main Line "New Road"
site of Whittington Corn Mill
B6052 Station Road bridge, Old Whittington
Railway to Barrow Hill
River Rother
Old River Bridge

The River Drone is a river which flows south from its source on the Sheffield, South Yorkshire, border. It flows through Dronfield, Unstone and Unstone Green in Derbyshire before merging at Sheepbridge to the north of Chesterfield with the Barlow Brook. Below the junction, it is often referred to as the River Whitting. It then flows south-east till it merges with the River Rother at Brimington Road North (B6050) at Chesterfield. It is one of the three main tributaries of the Rother.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Drone/Whitting from Source to River Rother". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Barlow Brook from Source to River Drone". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 28 April 2016.