Everything about River Yarrow Lancashire totally explained
The
River Yarrow is in
Lancashire, with its source at an area called
Will Narr at
Hordern Stoops, along
Spitlers Edge - the
Chorley/
Blackburn boundary - on the
West Pennine Moors. The river feeds the
Yarrow Reservoir, which in turn feeds the three reservoirs at
Rivington and
Anglezarke. Upon leaving the reservoirs via a
pumping station, the river passes through an area that was formerly known as
Abysinnia. Currently, this area is within the boundaries of Heath Charnock and Limbrick, but the original name was given because it was a route frequented by coal
miners, and the workers were said to look like natives of
Abysinnia - modern day
Ethiopia.
From here, the river flows underneath the
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, jointing with
Black Brook at
Yarrow Bridge, then continuing through the ancient woodland of
Duxbury into
Yarrow Valley Park and onto
Eccleston and
Croston, where it feeds the
River Douglas at
Sollom just before its inlet into the
River Ribble brackish final stretch. The entire course of the River Yarrow falls within
Chorley and its villages. Parts of the river are a County Biological Heritage Site.
Tributaries
Locations that are listed on Ordnance Survey maps have been italicised.
Green Withins Brook starts at
Standing Stones Hill and joins the Yarrow near to the ruins of
Simm's Farm.
Limestone Brook has its source near to
Devils Ditch, and flows via
Shooting Huts on
Anglezarke moor where it connects into the Yarrow at
Meeting of the Waters.
Black Brook flows from
Great Hill through
White Coppice (where it's known as
Warth Brook), and lesserly from
Eagle Tower at
Heapey. The brook joins the river at the
Yarrow Bridge prior to entering
Duxbury Woods. The brook is actually larger than the Yarrow, due to the large amount of water removed from the Yarrow for consumption. In fact, the Yarrow flooded when
Anglezarke Reservoir was drained in 2002, waterlogging the fields at Nick Hiltons Bridge.
Between Duxbury Woods and
Drybones (off Burgh Lane),
Eller Brook adds to the flow from
Adlington.
Clancutt Brook flows away from the sea, and feeds in at Birkacre near
Coppull.
The
River Chor joins the Yarrow at the Common Bank area of Chorley, near to
Euxton.
German Brook enters shortly after.
Culbeck Brook feeds in at
Euxton.
Syd Brook inputs at
Croston.
Finally, the
River Lostock feeds the Yarrow at
Bretherton.
Wildlife
After suffering many years of pollution due to
effluent discharge from Whitter's Factory and Stanley's Factory, the river is now much cleaner, and as such has attracted birds such as
Dipper,
Grey Wagtail and
Kingfisher, and fish including
Trout,
Chub,
Dace and
Barbel.
Fish passes have been installed at Pincock, Birkacre and Duxbury, to enable upstream spawning of fish which would be unable to navigate the
weirs.
Salmon have been recorded at Duxbury for the first time in over 100 years.
Removal of
Himalayan Balsam,
Japanese Knotweed and
Rhododendron plants is undertaken to allow low-growing native species to flourish.
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