Burbage Brook is a river in Padley Gorge, Derbyshire, England, situated close to Sheffield. It is a tributary of the River Derwent. The source of the brook is on moorland to the north of the brook's valley. The water enters Burbage valley at the Upper Burbage Bridge.53°19′21″N 1°36′33″W / 53.3225°N 1.60917°W / 53.3225; -1.60917. Within the first kilometre the height of the brook falls just over 60 metres from its 396 to 335 metres above sea level.
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“No one would know except for ancient maps
That such a brook ran water. But I wonder
If from its being kept forever under,
The thoughts may not have risen that so keep
This new-built city from both work and sleep.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)