River Cole, West Midlands

River Cole
River Cole
	Coleshill, near the confluence with the Blythe
Location
Country	England
Counties	Worcestershire, West Midlands, Warwickshire
Towns and Cities	Wythall, Birmingham, Shirley, Chelmsley Wood, Coleshill
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Kings Norton, West Midlands, and Wythall, Worcestershire
• coordinates	52°21′40″N 1°53′14″W / 52.36111°N 1.88722°W
Mouth
• location	Confluence with the River Blythe at Ladywalk reserve
• coordinates	52°31′5″N 1°41′20″W / 52.51806°N 1.68889°W
Length	40 km (25 mi)

The River Cole is a 25 miles (40 km) river in the English Midlands. It rises on the lower slopes of Forhill, one of the south-western ramparts of the Birmingham Plateau, at Red Hill and flows south before flowing largely north-east across the plateau to enter the River Blythe below Coleshill, near Ladywalk, shortly before the Blythe meets the Tame. This then joins the Trent,^[1] whose waters reach the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. Its source is very near the main watershed of Midland England: tributaries are few and very short except in the lower reaches, so the Cole is only a small stream.^[2]

^ "B&BC BAP - Rivers and Streams Habitat Action Plan". Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
^ The Waters of Yardley John Morris Jones

[BBCWT-1] "B&BC BAP - Rivers and Streams Habitat Action Plan". Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

[JMJ-2] The Waters of Yardley John Morris Jones

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