[5] On the outskirts of Nuneaton it collects the Wem Brook, and then passes alongside the Liberty Way sports stadium.

[3] Downstream of the confluence, it reaches Grendon and then flows through Polesworth before passing beneath the M42 motorway.

Beyond the motorway it passes through Alvecote Pools and meadows, a 128 ha (320 acres) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and nature reserve.

The catchment to the station of 386 square kilometres (149 sq mi) yields an average flow of 3.2 cubic metres per second (110 cu ft/s).

[9] The catchment upstream of the station has an average annual rainfall of 653 millimetres (25.7 in) and a maximum altitude of 275 metres (902 ft) near Bardon Hill in Charnwood Forest at the north-eastern edge of the basin.