River Leen

The River Leen rises in the Robin Hood Hills just outside Kirkby-in-Ashfield. It then flows through the grounds of Newstead Abbey and on through Bestwood Country Park, and following the route of the Leen Valley into suburban and urban Nottingham, passing through Bulwell, Basford, Radford, and Lenton before joining up with the River Trent. The original settlement of Nottingham was built upon the River Leen, with the River Trent flowing over a mile to the south of the old town. It skirts Huknall, through Papplewick and beomes Bestwood Mill Ponds, a nature reserve.
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