Editing River Nene (section)

===Northampton===
[[File:Cole-roper northampton 1810.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cole-Roper 1810 map of Northampton]]
[[File:South Bridge Northampton UK.jpg|thumb|right|200px|South Bridge over the River Nene looking east with fast current warning notice displayed, 26 February 2010. On the south bank, the Cotton End district of Northampton]]

At Upton Mill, another tributary, called [[Wootton Brook]], joins the river from the south. The River Nene now approaches Northampton town from the west, passing between the suburbs of [[St James End, Northampton|St James]] (locally known as Jimmy's End), [[Cotton End, Northampton|Cotton End]] and [[Far Cotton]]. The Nene's third northern source, the [[Naseby]] Source or Brampton Nene, converges at the [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]] Brewery. This tributary flows through the north of Northampton where several streams join. Three of these streams supply water for reservoirs at [[Pitsford Water|Pitsford]], [[Hollowell]] and [[Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire|Ravensthorpe]], north of Northampton, before joining the Brampton Nene. At Cotton End, the Nene passes under South Bridge, then through Beckett's Park and past the [[University of Northampton]]'s Waterside Campus, which is on the site of the former [[Northampton Power Station]], on the south bank of the river opposite Midsummer Meadow on the north bank.<ref>Author Unknown ({{circa}} 1988) ''Barnett's Northampton Street Plan with Index''. Barking, Essex: G.I. Barnett and Son Ltd.</ref> Northampton Sea Cadets is based in Nunn Mills, and uses the river for the training of boating skills, following the training schemes of the [[Royal Yachting Association]] (RYA) and the [[British Canoe Union]] (BCU).<ref>[http://www.sea-cadets.org/northampton/home.aspx Northampton Sea Cadets]</ref> A short way downstream, a weir can divert some of the Nene's flow to supply the [[Nene Whitewater Centre]].

The River Nene at Northampton was the location of England's first water-powered cotton spinning mill. It was installed on the site of a former corn mill, to the south-west of the town centre, in 1742.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Northampton – Home Of The First Water Driven Cotton Mill {{!}} Northamptonshire Family History Society |url=https://www.northants-fhs.org/northampton-home-of-the-first-water-driven-cotton-mill/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |language=en-GB}}</ref>