River Nene


 
 

The River Nene is a river in the east of England. It flows for 91 miles (147 km) through Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. The tidal river forms the border between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for about six kilometres.

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The river rises at sources near Badby, Naseby and Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, then it flows through arable land, before entering the modern industrial landscape of Northampton, Wellingborough and Irthlingborough to flow among its gravel pits. At TL116976, the Romans bridged the river with Ermine Street in the first century.


 

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Introduction
The river's environment
The name
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