The Badsey Brook, also known as the Broadway Brook, is a small
brook
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that flows through
Worcestershire
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, England. It is a lower tributary of the
River Avon, which it joins near
Offenham upstream of
Evesham. Its principal tributary is the Bretforton Brook.
Course
It rises on the flanks of the
Cotswold Hills near
Snowshill
Snowshill ( , ) is a small Cotswolds village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, located near Broadway, Worcestershire. The population taken at the 2011 census was 164.
Prehistoric history
An important early Bronze Age hoard was f ...
, and flows in a north-westerly direction through
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
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, and
Childswickham before turning north and passing
Wickhamford where it is crossed by the
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. The brook is then joined by a couple of minor tributaries, before flowing through
Badsey then
Aldington where it meets the Bretforton Brook. Turning north-west, it flows past Offenham Cross where it is bridged by the B5410, to join the Warwickshire Avon south of Offenham.
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Hydrology
The flow of the Badsey Brook has been measured, in its lower reaches at Offenham since 1968. The gauging station
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was initially a flume
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, later changed to a weir
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.catchment
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of to the gauging station yielded an average flow of .[ The catchment upstream of the station has an average annual rainfall of and a maximum altitude of at Broadway Hill near the source of the brook.][
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Floods
The Badsey Brook along with the Avon and its other tributaries was badly affected by the 2007 floods 2007 floods may refer to:
* 2006-2007 Malaysian floods
* 2007 United Kingdom floods
* 2007 South Asian floods
* 2007 Sudan floods
* June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms
* 2007 Midwest flooding in the United States
* 2007 Mozambican ...
. To help prevent flooding in the future a flood storage area is planned to be constructed in Broadway.
See also
*List of rivers of England
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References
External links
Badsey Brook water levels at Offenham
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Rivers of Worcestershire
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