 Downstream of this confluence, the brook becomes the River Bourne; it is crossed by the Tamworth road, and turns in a north westerly direction, to flow past Slowley Hall, and the former location of Daw Mill Colliery.The river continues to Furnace End, where it is joined by the Whitacre Brook, and turns to flow in a westerly direction alongside Shustoke reservoir, beyond which it joins the River Tame downstream of the River Blythe confluence.The drainage basin for the Bourne lies between that of the River Blythe to the south and west, with the River Anker to the north and east, and it has a catchment area of .