Claydon Brook
{{short description|River in Buckinghamshire, England}}
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{{Infobox river
| name = Claydon Brook
| image = Claydon Brook - geograph.org.uk - 1773145.jpg
| image_caption = Claydon Brook, looking towards Granborough
| source1_location = near Drayton Parslow, Borough of Milton Keynes
| mouth_location = Padbury Brook, Padbury, Borough of Milton Keynes
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United Kingdom
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Buckinghamshire
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| length_km = 24.06
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Claydon Brook is a {{convert|24.06|km|mi|abbr=on}} long river in Buckinghamshire, England that is a tributary of Padbury Brook, itself a tributary to the River Great Ouse. Claydon Brook itself has many tributaries,Jervoise, E. (2017) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=wqcyDwAAQBAJ The Ancient Bridges of Mid and Eastern England]". Read Books Ltd. p. 44. Retrieved 17 October 2021. and is commonly used for fishing.
Course
Claydon Brook, a {{convert|24.06|km|mi|abbr=on}} long river in Buckinghamshire, begins with two streams near Drayton Parslow, one north of the B4032 rural road, and the other south of the road. Both streams flow west for about {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=on}} before conjoining in Swanbourne; from there, it resumes its westerly course into Winslow and through Granborough, where it receives the waters of Shipton BrookHall, Marshall G. (2021) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=YQY0EAAAQBAJ The Historic Bridges of Buckinghamshire]". Windgather Press. p. 81. Retrieved 17 October 2021. and later Claydon Brook Tributary[https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB105033030550 Claydon Brook Tributary]. Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 17 October 2021. before proceeding to flow north-west through Addington – where it then receives the waters from Horwood Tributary[https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/WaterBody/GB105033038200 Horwood Tributary]. Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 17 October 2021. – and into Padbury, where it finally flows into Padbury Brook. It also flows through Bernwood Forest.Broad, John; Hoyle, R. W. (1997) "Bernwood: The Life and Afterlife of a Forest". University of Central Lancashire. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XNYWAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Claydon%20brook%22 p. 2–4] – via Google Books. Retrieved 17 October 2021. {{ISBN|9780906694732}}
Human activity
The river has several locations which can be used for fishing.Cox, Irwin Edward Bainbridge (1895) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-ERAAAAYAAJ The Angler's Diary and Tourist Fisherman's Gazetteer of the Rivers and Lakes of the World]". H. Cox. p. 26. Retrieved 17 October 2021.[https://www.pallatrax.co.uk/my-biggest-perch/ My Biggest Perch], 13 April 2021. Pallatrax Angling. Retrieved 17 October 2021. Numerous bridges cross Claydon Brook, some dating back to the early modern period.
Water quality
Water quality of Claydon Brook in 2019, according to the Environment Agency, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The agency splits the river into two separate catchments: the first half is 15.632 km, from its beginning to Winslow, and the second is 8.432 km, recorded from Granborough until the river's end into Padbury Brook.
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| Sections | Ecological Statuses | Chemical Statuses | Overall Statuses | Lengths | Catchments |
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| {{waterqual_title |desc=Claydon Brook |asset= GB105033030570}} {{waterqual_title |desc=Claydon Brook (DS Granborough) |asset= GB105033030580}} | {{waterqual_mod}} | {{waterqual_fail}} | {{waterqual_poor}} | {{convert|15.632|km|mi|abbr=on}} | {{convert|37.22|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} |
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