River Kym
River Kym near Great Staughton
Location of the mouth within Cambridgeshire
Location
Country	United Kingdom
County	Cambridgeshire
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Newton Bromswold
• coordinates	52°15′42″N 0°34′28″W / 52.2618°N 0.5745°W / 52.2618; -0.5745
• elevation	95 m (312 ft)
Mouth	Great Ouse
• location	St Neots
• coordinates	52°14′20″N 0°16′12″W / 52.239°N 0.270°W / 52.239; -0.270
• elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Length	32 km (20 mi)
Basin features
River system	Great Ouse

The River Kym is a river in Cambridgeshire, England. It flows through the village of Tilbrook, to Kimbolton, and joins the Great Ouse at St Neots. It is known as the River Til in its upper reaches, tributaries include the Pertenhall Brook.^[1][2]

Course

Rising right on the Northamptonshire-Bedfordshire border at the west of the parish of Newton Bromswold, it flows north-east to cross into Bedfordshire at Yelden and then into Cambridgeshire at Tilbrook. Turning south east, it divides the town of Kimbolton in two and runs past Kimbolton Castle to Stonely. It next flows past the parish church of St Andrew to the west of Great Staughton, encircling the village to the south. It flows into the Great Ouse just to the north of St Neots, where it forms the parish boundary between St Neots and Little Paxton.^[3]

History

The name of the river seems to be a back-formation from the town of Kimbolton, whose name means "farmstead of a man called Cynebald", so it is clear that the town is not named after the river.^[4]