River Douglas

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Douglas
River
River Douglas in Wigan
Country	England

Tributaries
- right	River Yarrow


Source
- location	Winter Hill
Mouth	confluence with River Ribble

Length	56 km (35 mi)

The River Douglas, also known as the River Asland, is a river that flows through Lancashire and Greater Manchester in the north-west of England. It is a tributary of the River Ribble and has itself two tributaries, the River Tawd and the River Yarrow.

At Tarleton, the Douglas is joined by the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. In 1714 an act of Parliament was passed allowing Robert Holt of Crooke Hall to make the Douglas navigable to small ships. The river rises on Winter Hill on the West Pennine Moors, and flows for 35 miles through the town centre of Wigan and onto the Ribble estuary past Tarleton, the last 10 miles or so being tidal. In 1892 the Douglas was diverted in Wigan to the site of Wigan Central railway station.

[edit] Tributaries

Longton Brook
Centre Drain
Carr Heys Watercourse
Tarra Carr Gutter
- Hall Pool
Dunkirk Dib
Rakes Brook
Carr Brook
Strine Brook
River Yarrow
- River Lostock
  - Wymott Brook
  - Clayton Brook
  - Slack Brook
  - Whave's Brook
- Spent Brook
- Syd Brook
  - Howe Brook
  - Pye Brook
- Culbeck Brook
  - Chapel Brook
    - Ransnap Brook
    - German Brook
- Hodge Brook
- River Chor
- Clancutt Brook
  - Tanyard Brook
  - Whittle Brook
- Eller Brook
  - Moss Ditch
- Black Brook
  - Tan House Brook
  - Warth Brook
    - Brinscall Brook
    - Fill Brook
- Roaring Lum
- Dean Brook
  - Hall Brook
  - Cote Slack
- Limestone Brook
- Green Withins Brook
The Sluice
- Mill
- Old Reed Brook
Main Ditch
Eller Brook
- Wham Ditch
- Black Brook
- Abbey Brook
  - New Park Brook
  - Castle Brook
  - Sefton Brook
    - Dungeon Brook
    - Dicket's Brook
      - Goose Brook
Mill Ditch
- New Reed Brook
- Bentley Brook
River Tawd
- Slate Brook
- Grimshaw Brook
Middlehurst Brook
Dock Brook
Alder Lane Brook
Sprodley Brook
Calico Brook
Lees Brook
Dean Brook
- Sand Brook
Ackhurst Brook
Mill Brook
Bradshaw Brook
Close Brook
Barley Brook
Smithy Brook
- Poolstock Brook
  - Ince Brook
    - Hawkley Brook
    - Reed Brook
      - Park Brook
Clarington Brook
Bradley Brook
Bucklow Brook
- Moss Ditch
- Buckow Brook
  - Hic-bibi Brook
    - Stars Brook
      - Almond Brook
      - Tunley Brook
Pearl Brook
Arley Brook

[edit] See also

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