18-563: The Leen Valley is the wide valley formed by the River Leen within the county of Nottinghamshire . The Leen Valley was once an important centre for hosiery and coal mining industries. Today, although light manufacturing continues, the valley is increasingly becoming part of the commuter belt for Nottingham . Settlements within the valley include Annesley , Bestwood Village, Newstead , Papplewick , Linby , Hucknall , Bulwell , Sherwood , Basford , Lenton and Nottingham . Leen Valley
36-585: A new student village at Chettle's Yard will open up a long stretch of the river parallel to the railway line. And the eastern part of the University of Nottingham 's Jubilee Campus opens up a section of the river's urban route through Lenton , a small lake having been created to the rear of the Ingenuity Centre, adjacent to the concrete channel (through which the Leen still flows) that was originally built to prevent
54-450: A problem, with particularly heavy flooding in 1960. By this stage, the main line of the canal between Lenton and Langley Mill had been abandoned, although the stretch through Nottingham remains in use as part of the Trent navigation. This flooding led to a further diversion, which would largely divert the river back to its original pre-eleventh-century course. The river was first diverted into
72-403: A route close to its original natural course. The first change to the river's course came in the late eleventh or early twelfth centuries, when the river was diverted to pass beneath the cliff on which Nottingham Castle was situated before flowing into the Trent near Trent Bridge , thus providing the town of Nottingham with a more plentiful supply of water. The next change came with the opening of
90-698: Is a 15-mile (24 km) long tributary of the River Trent that flows through Nottinghamshire , and the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England . The name Leen developed through various renderings of the Celtic word meaning "lake" or "pool" ( Llyn in modern Welsh ). Some of the surrounding villages derived their name from the River Leen. Lenton , ton being the Saxon word for "village"; and Linby , by being
108-493: Is a village in the civil parish of Aldercar and Langley Mill in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire , England. Originally named Long Lea , the village of Langley Mill was a major employer throughout the mid 1900s with many companies including The Flour Mill, Langley Mill Pottery , Aristoc & Co Ltd , G.R. Turner Ltd., and Vic Hallam Limited . Aristoc , originally on North Street, manufactured silk stockings within
126-519: Is also the name of one of the Council wards , which lies within Nottingham, and a housing estate in the north of Nottingham, which is located in a valley created by the Leen within the larger Leen Valley area. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,702. 53°00′21″N 1°11′32″W / 53.0058°N 1.1923°W / 53.0058; -1.1923 River Leen The River Leen
144-698: The Aldercar and Langley Mill parish, is on the border of Nottinghamshire , and is conjoined to the village of Aldercar (to the north) and the town of Heanor (to the south-west). It is also conjoined with the neighbouring village of Langley in the Heanor and Loscoe parish. Across the River Erewash is the town of Eastwood in Nottinghamshire . The Erewash was the Aldercar and Langley Mill boundary; this moved in 1992 to
162-657: The National Greyhound Racing Club . The principal distances for greyhound racing was 330 and 500 yards; the track also held whippet races. International superbike champion Ron Haslam came from Langley Mill. He won international motorcycle titles in the 1970s and early 1980s. Langley Mill is at the junction of the Erewash Canal , the Cromford Canal , and the Nottingham Canal . The village, part of
180-542: The Nottingham Canal , which in some places occupied the course of the Leen, with the river being diverted along the route of the present Canal Street. This stretch was eventually culverted in 1863 by the Nottingham Borough Engineer, Marriott Ogle Tarbotton . Further changes came with the construction of Castle Boulevard along the foot of the Castle cliff in 1884. With insufficient room for river, canal and road,
198-568: The A610, the Erewash Canal basin becoming part of Langley Mill. The village is served by a railway station on the Erewash Valley Line . It is also served by buses that connect it to Derby , Nottingham , Ilkeston , Long Eaton and Ripley among other destinations. The village was at one point also served by another railway station on the former Ripley and Heanor Railway which offered
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#1732848833103216-615: The Danish equivalent of ton. The Leen rises as a series of springs at the foot of the Robin Hood Hills just outside Annesley . It then flows through the grounds and lakes of Newstead Abbey , passing Papplewick and meeting the Whyburn as it passes through Bestwood Country Park , following the route of the Leen Valley into suburban and urban Nottingham . Within the city it flows through
234-550: The Environment Agency is now to remove culverts, which are expensive to maintain and can cause flooding when they are blocked or damaged. As a result, a number of developments along the course of the Leen now open up previously culverted stretches of the waterway. A new Tesco development in Bulwell town centre, which received planning permission in 2008, will remove the culvert under the former Kwik Save supermarket. In Radford,
252-521: The centre of Bulwell , and passes Basford where it is joined by the Day Brook. The Leen then flows through Radford , and Lenton before passing under the Nottingham Canal and flowing on to join the River Trent next to Riverside Way in The Meadows . From Lenton onwards the course of the Leen has been quite radically altered on a number of occasions, although the river's present course probably follows
270-598: The flooding of the now-demolished Raleigh cycle factory. The river then passes through several industrial units and under Triumph Road, before re-appearing behind the Nottingham Emergency Medical Services centre (the old AA building) on Derby Road. The Leen is sometimes mistakenly believed to pass through the main part of the Jubilee Campus, but the lake and other water features in that area are artificial in nature. Langley Mill Langley Mill
288-483: The river was diverted into the canal at Lenton and the road built on the course of the former river. After flowing some distance along the canal, the river passed over a small weir into the Tinker’s Leen (where the modern Courts complex is now situated) and so into the Trent just downstream of Trent Bridge. However over time, and as the river's catchment area became more built up with faster run-off times, flooding became
306-623: The southernmost section of the abandoned canal, between Derby Road and the operational canal at Lenton. It was then taken under that canal in a syphon , before entering a brand new channel that took it to join the Trent at its nearest point. The River Leen, as alluded to by the location of its source, is frequently mentioned in the Robin Hood mythology, often cited as the river upon which Robin Hood and Little John fought their famous duel. Nottingham City Council planning guidance and best practice from
324-520: The village. During the Second World War, when its manufacturing included parachutes and inflatable dinghies for the war effort, it became a target for German bombers. The buildings have been replaced with housing. The now closed Victory greyhound racing track was opened on ground adjoining the New Inn on 19 April 1930. As a flapping (independent) track it was not affiliated to the sports governing body,
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