Smestow Brook - Tributaries

Tributaries

The Smestow is enlarged by water from a number of tributaries. Travelling upstream from the Stour confluence, they include:

• The Spittle Brook, which drains the area north of Enville, almost as far as Six Ashes, on the lip of the Severn valley, and flows down through a boggy area to join the Smestow near Gothersley.
• The Dawley Brook, which drains the Kingswinford area and fills the Ashwood basin or marina, before joining the Smestow.
• The Holbeche Brook, which begins near Gornalwood and flows past Holbeche House to join the Smestow at Hinksford.
• The Wom Brook, which drains an area as far afield as Penn Common and Sedgley, flows through Wombourne via the great pool at the Wodehouse, and joins the Smestow south of the village
• The Black Brook, which drains the area almost up to Perton and Pattingham, and joins the Smestow near Trescott.
• The Perton Brook, which tumbles down Wightwick Bank and waters the gardens of Wightwick Manor.
• The Finchfield and Graiseley Brooks, which drain the west of Wolverhampton, and join the Smestow in the Smestow Valley Local Nature Reserve.