River Sett

River in Derbyshire, England

53°21′52″N 2°00′00″W / 53.36440°N 1.99990°W / 53.36440; -1.99990

LocationCountryEnglandPhysical characteristicsSource • locationKinder 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 featuresTributaries • rightRiver Kinder

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]

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

Dimpus Clough (L)
Coldwell Clough (R)
Tunstead Clough (R)
Hidebank Brook ? (L)
Thornsett/Rowarth Brook ? (R)
Gibb Brook ? (L)
Raens Brook (L)
Birch Hall Brook ? (L)
Hollingworth Clough ? (R)
- Middle Brook ? (L)
Phoside Brook ? (L)
- Foxholes Clough (L)
Hazlehurst Brook (L)
River Kinder (R)
- Upper Brook ? (L)
- William Clough ? (R)
- Blackshaws Brook ? (L)
- Red Brook (L)
Oaken Clough (R)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Peak District: Dark Park Area (OS Explorer Map), vol. OL1, Southampton: Ordnance Survey, 2 February 2009, ISBN 978-0-319-24067-0
^ 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.
^ Sett Valley Trail (leaflet produced by Derbyshire County Council Environmental Services Department)
^ "Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

Borough of High Peak

Major settlements

Villages

Waterways

Canals	Peak Forest Canal
Rivers	Alport Ashop Dane Derwent Dove Etherow Goyt Kinder Peakshole Water Noe Sett Westend Wye

Transport

Rail	Buxton railway station Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station Glossop railway station Hadfield railway station New Mills Central railway station Whaley Bridge railway station
Road	A6 A57 (Snake Pass) A624

Culture, leisure
and tourism

Education: Schools; University of Buxton
Governance: High Peak (constituency)
Historic: Mass trespass of Kinder Scout; Well dressing; Woodhead Tunnel
Sport: Buxton F.C.; Chapel Town F.C.; Glossop North End A.F.C.; New Mills A.F.C.

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Unitary authorities	Derby
Boroughs or districts	Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Alfreton Ashbourne Bakewell Belper Bolsover Buxton Chapel-en-le-Frith Chellaston Chesterfield Clay Cross Darley Dale Derby Dronfield Eckington Glossop Hadfield Heanor Ilkeston Long Eaton Matlock Melbourne Mickleover New Mills Ripley Sandiacre Shirebrook Spondon Staveley Swadlincote Whaley Bridge Wirksworth See also: List of civil parishes in Derbyshire
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