North Brook, Rutland

North Brook
The North Brook downstream of the Lower Lake at Exton Hall
Location of the river mouth in Rutland
Location
Country	England
County	Rutland
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cottesmore, Rutland
• coordinates	52°42′56″N 0°39′27″W
• elevation	132 m (433 ft)
Mouth	River Gwash
• location	Empingham, Rutland
• coordinates	52°39′53″N 0°35′10″W
• elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Basin size	36.3 km2 (14.0 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	River Welland

The North Brook is a small watercourse in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is a tributary of the River Gwash and part of the River Welland catchment.

Course

The North Brook rises near Cottesmore and flows in an easterly direction through Greetham before turning southwards past the site of the former Greetham Mill. It then flows through a deep gully and into the parkland of Exton Hall where it has been dammed to create two ornamental lakes. On the western side of the upper lake stands Fort Henry, a pleasure-house built in 1788 in the elegant Gothick style. After the lower of the two lakes it passes to the west of the deserted medieval village of Horn, before flowing under the remains of the Exton Park wall.

Shortly afterwards, it is joined by a small unnamed tributary which flows through Ry Gate Lake in the grounds of Exton Hall, and later through the bed of a drained lake near Cuckoo Spinney. The North Brook continues in a southerly direction by Horn Mill, now a trout hatchery, through Empingham Marshy Meadows SSSI to Empingham where it joins the River Gwash near the site of the former Empingham Mill.