Whyburn

Whyburn
Whyburn by Spring Street
Location
Country	England
County	Nottinghamshire
Town	Hucknall
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Hucknall
Mouth	River Leen
• location	Bestwood Village
• coordinates	53°1′47″N 1°10′56″W / 53.02972°N 1.18222°W / 53.02972; -1.18222
Length	5.01 km (3.11 mi)
Basin size	8.25 km2 (3.19 sq mi)[1]

The Whyburn (known locally as Town Brook, and by the UK Government as Baker Lane Brook) is the main watercourse flowing through the town of Hucknall in the English county of Nottinghamshire. It rises in two separate springs at the foot of the Misk Hills by Whyburn Farm, and flows east into the town of Hucknall, past Whyburn Lane to which it also gives its name. The brook once drove several mills in Hucknall, the most notable example being close to the junction of Baker Street and Annesley Road near the town centre.^[2] In the History of Hucknall Torkard it is suggested that a mill pond once existed close to the former village green (now the Market Place).^[2]

The name of the stream is thought to be derived from a Celtic word 'Wy' meaning 'water'.^[3] The Whyburn has a total length of around 5.01 kilometres (3.11 mi), and terminates in a confluence with the River Leen immediately upstream of Bestwood Village Mill Lakes. A school used to take the name of 'Whyburn'.^[4]

v t e Whyburn
Legend
source (Big Pond) Wighay Farm track source (Whyburn House Farm) A611 Hucknall bypass Wighay Allotments Washdyke Lane Greenwood Vale Greenwood Avenue Coniston Road North Hill Street Spring Street Footbridge to Brook Street Culvert along Ogle Street Bakers Street Disused Mill Titchfield Street Albert Street Torkard Way Culvert along Thoresby Dale Station Road Ashgate Road Hucknall station Hucknall Park and Ride Culvert along Pagett Close Robin Hood Line Wigwam Lane Leen Valley Golf course River Leen at Bestwood