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767:"The Peak District National Park – Fact Zone 8. Dovedale and the Dove Valley"
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Rolleston Brook which joins the Dove near
Rolleston on Dove
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The Dove now flows in a south-westerly direction, passing
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671:Alders Brook which joins the Dove near Rocester
663:The River Dove near Tutbury (Mill Fleam Sluice)
704:River Tean which joins the Dove near Uttoxeter
27:River in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, England
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883:"National Trust – Ilam Park, Dovedale"
819:. Charles Masefield. 1918. p. 122
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35:Dove (Derbyshire & Staffordshire)
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1249:List of civil parishes in Derbyshire
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226: • coordinates
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103:Physical characteristics
1407:Parliamentary constituencies
718:Rivers of the United Kingdom
584:. As it reaches the ancient
182: • elevation
1463:River Dove, Central England
863:. www.walkingenglishman.com
206: • location
123: • location
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248:52.83156°N 1.58601°W
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945:on 24 February 2014
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914:"Get-a-map online"
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742:"River Dove"
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686:Hilton Brook
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1231:Swadlincote
1139:Darley Dale
949:10 February
655:Tributaries
605:Marchington
586:Dove Bridge
385:River Trent
277:Tributaries
251: /
168: /
1457:Categories
1392:Healthcare
1241:Wirksworth
1216:Shirebrook
1196:Mickleover
1181:Long Eaton
1134:Clay Cross
1124:Chellaston
998:Derbyshire
729:References
590:River Tean
537:Lower Dove
413:Hartington
401:Derbyshire
381:confluence
304:River Dove
236:52°49′54″N
215:Derbyshire
153:53°13′04″N
75:Derbyshire
1245:See also:
1211:Sandiacre
1201:New Mills
1191:Melbourne
1156:Eckington
1151:Dronfield
1094:Ashbourne
1061:High Peak
598:Uttoxeter
594:Doveridge
574:Ellastone
561:, by the
549:and then
526:in 2006.
417:limestone
389:North Sea
383:with the
367:, in the
239:1°35′10″W
156:1°56′36″W
116:Dove Head
1341:Manifold
1336:Lathkill
1281:Bradford
1226:Staveley
1176:Ilkeston
1166:Hadfield
1109:Bolsover
1099:Bakewell
1089:Alfreton
1041:Bolsover
923:26 March
712:See also
637:Egginton
613:Scropton
578:Rocester
551:Mayfield
547:Mapleton
487:Dovedale
478:SK031684
459:Dovedale
437:stream.
428:Dovedale
424:Milldale
405:meanders
391:via the
369:Midlands
97:Dovedale
93:Milldale
81:District
52:Location
1427:Schools
1402:Museums
1371:Westend
1316:Etherow
1311:Erewash
1296:Doe Lea
1291:Derwent
1221:Spondon
1186:Matlock
1161:Glossop
1056:Erewash
893:4 April
867:4 April
845:4 April
799:4 April
777:4 April
629:Marston
621:Tutbury
609:Sudbury
570:Norbury
409:Longnor
219:England
136:England
61:England
57:Country
1412:Places
1385:Topics
1356:Rother
1331:Kinder
1326:Hipper
1266:Alport
1259:Rivers
1206:Ripley
1171:Heanor
1114:Buxton
1104:Belper
823:23 May
751:9 July
625:Castle
623:whose
617:Hatton
543:Thorpe
420:gorges
377:Buxton
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264:Length
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112:Source
67:Region
1422:SSSIs
1366:Trent
1346:Mease
1306:Drone
1276:Ashop
1271:Amber
1145:Derby
1022:Derby
435:trout
407:past
375:near
196:Mouth
1361:Sett
1321:Goyt
1301:Dove
1286:Dane
951:2013
925:2013
895:2008
869:2008
847:2008
825:2020
801:2008
779:2008
753:2014
635:and
611:and
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497:Ilam
426:and
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359:DOHV
302:The
1376:Wye
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