River Sett

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River Sett
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The Sett passes under the A624 Hayfield "bypass". The tower of St. Matthew's church can be seen through the trees in the background, and in the foreground are the scanty remains of Walk Mill.
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The River Sett is highlighted in red
Coordinates: 53°21′52″N2°00′00″W / 53.36440°N 1.99990°W / 53.36440; -1.99990
Location
Country England
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Kinder Scout
  elevationc.540 metres (1,770 ft) [1]
Mouth  
  location
River Goyt
  elevation
c.130 metres (430 ft) [1]
Length16.876 kilometres (10.486 mi)
Basin size47.143 square kilometres (18.202 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  right River Kinder
Source of the River Sett Source of the River Sett.jpg
Source of the River Sett

The River Sett is a river that flows through the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, in north western England. It rises near Edale Cross on Kinder Scout and flows through the villages of Hayfield and Birch Vale to join the River Goyt at New Mills. [1] The River Goyt is one of the principal tributaries of the River Mersey. In the past, the river was known as the River Kinder; the modern River Kinder is a right tributary of the Sett, joining the river at Bowden Bridge above Hayfield. [2]

Contents

The 2.5-mile Sett Valley Trail follows the trackbed of the former railway line along the valley between Hayfield and New Mills. [3]

The river's Environment Agency pollution classification changed from good to moderate in 2014. [4]

Tributaries

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The Peak District: Dark Park Area (OS Explorer Map), vol. OL1, Southampton: Ordnance Survey, 2 February 2009, ISBN   978-0-319-24067-0
  2. Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1848). "A Topographical Dictionary of England". pp. 394–398. Retrieved 18 April 2018. The Kinder derives its source from the mountain of Kinder-Scout, and, separating the county of Derby from that of Chester, falls into the river Guyt at a place called the Tor.
  3. Sett Valley Trail (leaflet produced by Derbyshire County Council Environmental Services Department)
  4. "Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

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