- River Skerne
The River Skerne is a tributary of the
River Tees it flows throughCounty Durham inEngland .The Skerne is about convert|25|mi|km long, the Skerne begins in magnesium limestone hills between
Trimdon andTrimdon Grange and ends atHurworth-on-Tees where it joins the River Tees.Three miles after the source the Skerne is joined by Hurworth Burn and enters Hurworth Burn Reservoir on the borders of
Stockton-on-Tees and County Durham.On leaving the reservoir, the Skerne heads south-west towards
Sedgefield . It flows through farmland betweenFishburn and Sedgefield and it seems likely that the Skerne is "the fish-stream" that gives Fishburn its name.Three miles west of Fishburn, it is crossed by the
A1(M) Motorway near Bradbury interchange. At this point the Skerne takes a southerly course and, for about five miles (8 km) as far south asAycliffe , it runs roughly parallel to the motorway and theEast Coast Main Line .A number of smaller tributaries join the Skerne in the area and often form little islands like the Great Isle and Little Isle near Bradbury. One major tibutary of the Skerne is the Woodham Burn, which rises near
Shildon and flows throughNewton Aycliffe .The Skerne skirts the village of
Aycliffe before crossing under the motorway near its junction with the A167. After this it passes close to Brafferton and the farmland where the famousDurham Ox was bred, before heading forBarmpton ,Great Burdon andHaughton-le-Skerne on the outskirts ofDarlington , The Skerne then flows underneath 17 bridges in Darlington. The Skerne lends its name to the notoriousSkerne Park estate in Darlington.To the south of Darlington the Skerne passes through South Park then after flowing under the A66 bridge it leaves the town to flow through countryside for its last two miles (3 km), before joining the Tees at
Hurworth Place .ettlements
"from source"
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Fishburn
*Bishop Middleham
*Bradbury
*Newton Aycliffe
*Aycliffe
*Brafferton
*Barmpton
*Great Burdon
*Haughton-le-Skerne
*Darlington
*Hurworth Place (Joins River Tees)
ee also
List of rivers of Great Britain
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