River Blythe
| Blythe | |
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The river near Hampton-in-Arden
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| Country | England |
| Basin features | |
| Main source |
Earlswood Lakes, Warwickshire 52°21′58″N 1°50′00″W / 52.366184°N 1.833267°W |
| River mouth | Confluence with the Tame at Ladywalk 52°28′0″N 1°40′45″W / 52.46667°N 1.67917°WCoordinates: 52°28′0″N 1°40′45″W / 52.46667°N 1.67917°W |
| Progression | Tame—Trent—Humber—North Sea |
The Blythe is a river in the English Midlands that runs from Warwickshire, through the borough of Solihull and on to Coleshill. It runs along the Meriden Gap in the Midlands Plateau, is fed by the River Cole and is a tributary of the Tame beside the West Midland Bird Club's Ladywalk reserve. This then joins the Trent, whose waters reach the North Sea via the Humber Estuary.
The river rises at various sources near Earlswood Lakes, but the principal tributary is listed as Spring Brook (52°21′03″N 1°50′37″W / 52.350915°N 1.843601°W; grid reference SP107725). From here it winds north east, skirting Cheswick Green, towards Solihull. Here it passes through a local wildlife park, Malvern and Brueton Park and Nature Reserve. From here it meanders east, past several old country houses—Old Berry Hall, Ravenshaw Hall and Eastcote Hall—before turning sharply south towards Barston, which is encircled within a large meander of the river. At Temple Balsall the Cuttle Brook feeds the river, which now arcs north, and again close by Barston. Past Hampton in Arden the river is fed by Shadow Brook, at Diddington Hall. Travelling further north it passes to the east of Coleshill, and is fed by the River Cole, only a few hundred yards before it itself feeds into the River Tame (52°31′20″N 1°41′18″W / 52.522317°N 1.688242°W; grid reference SP212916), at Ladywalk Nature Reserve.
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