River Don, Yorkshire

The River Don (also called River Dun in some stretches) is a river in South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It rises in the Pennines, west of Dunford Bridge, and flows for 69 miles (111 km) eastwards, through the Don Valley, via Penistone, Sheffield, Rotherham, Mexborough, Conisbrough, Doncaster and Stainforth. It originally joined the Trent, but was re-engineered by Cornelius Vermuyden as the Dutch River in the 1620s, and now joins the River Ouse at Goole. Don Valley is a UK parliamentary constituency near the Doncaster stretch of the river.

River Don
A footbridge, looking towards Newton
Location
CountryEngland
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationPennines
  coordinates53.519°N 1.762°W / 53.519; -1.762
Mouth 
  location
River Trent/River Ouse
  coordinates
53.697°N 0.867°W / 53.697; -0.867
Length69 mi (111 km)
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