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River Trent

298 km from source to mouth · United Kingdom.

United KingdomUnited KingdomFlows into Humber3rd longest in United Kingdom

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SourceMouthNottinghamBurton upon Trent
The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

298km

Average flow

95m³/s

Basin

15,300km²

Drop

115m

from 115 m to 0 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

298 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 27 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

115 m0 m
Biddulph Moorat 115 m0 km
Washwood Heath32,921 people22 km
River Blithetributary72 km
Burton upon Trent122,199 people90 km
Swarkestone Bridge110 km
Nottingham323,632 people147 km
Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre0.4 km²157 km
Newark on Trent43,363 people193 km
Winthorpe Bridge198 km
River Idletributary254 km
Humberat 0 m298 km
0100200298 km
  1. 0 kmBiddulph Moorat 115 m
  2. 0 kmWednesbury20,313 people
  3. 1 kmWalsall172,141 people
  4. 12 kmHockley13,919 people
  5. 17 kmAston32,286 people
  6. 22 kmWashwood Heath32,921 people
  7. 26 kmCastle Vale10,000 people
  8. 32 kmWater Orton3,444 people
  9. 44 kmKingsbury3,730 people
  10. 53 kmFazeley7,522 people
  11. 55 kmTamworth81,964 people
  12. 71 kmHigh Bridge
  13. 71 kmColton Mill Bridge
  14. 71 kmMavesyn Ridware footbridge
  15. 72 kmRiver Blithetributary
  16. 72 kmYoxall Bridge
  17. 72 kmAlrewas River Trent footbridge
  18. 74 kmRiver Tametributary
  19. 74 kmWychnor Bridges
  20. 74 kmWichnor Viaduct
  21. 79 kmBarton under Needwood3,796 people
  22. 80 kmBailey Bridge (Walton on Trent)
  23. 88 kmFerry Bridge
  24. 88 kmSt Peter's Bridge, Burton upon Trent
  25. 89 kmAndresey Bridge
  26. 90 kmBurton upon Trent122,199 people
  27. 100 kmRiver Dovetributary
  28. 110 kmSwarkestone Bridge
  29. 113 kmMelbourne4,404 people
  30. 120 kmCastle Donington6,416 people
  31. 122 kmCavendish Bridge
  32. 125 kmRiver Derwenttributary
  33. 127 kmHarrington Bridge
  34. 129 kmRiver Soartributary
  35. 130 kmTrent Viaducts
  36. 133 kmLong Eaton47,898 people
  37. 134 kmStapleford15,453 people
  38. 134 kmToton8,064 people
  39. 137 kmChilwell12,864 people
  40. 142 kmClifton Bridge
  41. 145 kmBasford16,000 people
  42. 146 kmWilford Toll Bridge
  43. 147 kmNew Basford8,371 people
  44. 147 kmNottingham323,632 people
  45. 149 kmRiver Leentributary
  46. 149 kmTrent Bridge
  47. 149 kmWilford Suspension Bridge
  48. 150 kmLady Bay Bridge
  49. 150 kmWest Bridgford36,487 people
  50. 151 kmWaterside Bridge
  51. 157 kmHolme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre0.4 km²
  52. 159 kmRectory Junction Viaduct
  53. 159 kmRadcliffe on Trent7,510 people
  54. 164 kmGedling6,817 people
  55. 165 kmBurton Joyce3,752 people
  56. 169 kmGunthorpe Bridge
  57. 170 kmMotte and bailey castle adjacent to River Trent
  58. 193 kmNewark on Trent43,363 people
  59. 198 kmWinthorpe Bridge
  60. 219 kmFledborough Viaduct
  61. 222 kmDunham Bridge
  62. 244 kmGainsborough20,537 people
  63. 245 kmGainsborough Bridge
  64. 254 kmRiver Idletributary
  65. 262 kmSluice And Road Bridge At Outfall Of Snow Sewer/Warping Drain Into The River Trent
  66. 269 kmRiver Eautributary
  67. 276 kmSluice At Outfall Of Warping Drain Into The River Trent Immediately North Of Millfield House
  68. 279 kmKeadby Bridge
  69. 290 kmRiver Dontributary
  70. 298 kmHumberat 0 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

Major river of England

At the mouth it carries 95 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 26 seconds. It drops from 115 m to 0 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 15,300 km², about the size of TL. 7.7 million people live in it. Highest water: from December to January. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.

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Where to start

River Trent, month by month

Highest water: from December to January

Best months to visit: from June to September.

270
3°55 mmJan
230
4°43 mmFeb
180
6°48 mmMar
130
8°47 mmApr
120
12°52 mmMay
96
15°54 mmJun
78
17°52 mmJul
93
16°60 mmAug
110
14°55 mmSep
140
10°52 mmOct
200
6°58 mmNov
250
4°58 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 78 m³/s in the lowest month to 270 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

River Trent: the basin in numbers

11,714 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Free-flowingDams upstream can hold only 1.8% of a year's flow: the river still keeps its natural rhythm.
  • 7.7millionpeople live in the basin
  • 654/km²people per km²
  • 119maverage altitude of the basin
  • 729mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 9.3°Caverage air temperature
  • 11%protected areas
  • 0.3%covered by lakes
  • 0.1km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 1% Forest
  • 40% Cropland
  • 19% Pasture
  • 27% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

River Trent: what you find on the way

  • 5Dams
  • 54WeirsLadybridge Weir, Sawley Weir, Beeston Weir and 51 more
  • 275LocksWalsall Canal, Rushall Canal, Tame Valley Canal and 272 more
  • 3Waterfalls
  • 39Boat rampsSawley Marina Slipway, Solitary House Slipway, Garthorpe Slipway and 36 more
  • 37MarinasFazeley Mill Marina, Tamworth Cruising Club, Barton Marina and 34 more
  • 1Boat rentals

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

River Trent in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 1lake on its wayLakeyas
  • 6mountains at the sourcePeakyas
  • 2islands off the mouthIslandyas

Lakes and reservoirs (1)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centrekm 1200.4km²

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Mountains at the source (6)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Barr Beacon6.0 km away236m
  2. Turners Hill8.3 km away271m
  3. Beacon Hill8.2 km away237m
  4. Mons Hill7.6 km away
  5. Pouk Hill3.3 km away
  6. Portway Hill7.7 km away

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Islands off the mouth (2)

Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas

  1. Whitton Island4.7 km away
  2. Read's Island9.8 km away

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From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

River Trent: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
River Trent: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth15 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

River Trent in pictures

Long Eaton MMB 01 River Trent
mattbuck ( category ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Long Eaton MMB 06 River Trent
mattbuck ( category ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eel trap River Trent
Mainlymazza · CC BY-SA 3.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

Tributaries (16)

River DerwentUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom80 km29 m³/sjoins at km 95

Also: River Don, River Soar, River Tame, River Idle, River Dove, River Sow, River Devon, River Blithe, River Eau, River Erewash, River Leen, River Greet, River Mease, River Swarbourn, River Torne

Nearby

Rivers nearby

River OuseUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom90 km50 m³/s4 km awayRiver AireUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom114 km36 m³/s15 km awayRiver DerwentUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom80 km29 m³/s98 km awayRiver Great OuseUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom240 km66 m³/s121 km awayRiver TeesUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom137 km34 m³/s108 km awayRiver NeneUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom146 km20 m³/s112 km awayRiver TyneUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom100 km63 m³/s156 km awayRiver WearUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom96 km21 m³/s146 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q19714) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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