Everything about River Douglas totally explained
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.
Tributaries
- Longton Brook
- Centre Drain
- Carr Heys Watercourse
- Tarra Carr Gutter
- 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
- Culbeck Brook
- Chapel Brook
- Ransnap Brook
- German Brook
- Hodge Brook
- River Chor
- Clancutt Brook
- Tanyard Brook
- Whittle Brook
- Eller Brook
- Black Brook
- Tan House Brook
- Warth Brook
- Brinscall Brook
- Fill Brook
- Roaring Lum
- Dean Brook
- Limestone Brook
- Green Withins Brook
- The Sluice
- Main Ditch
- Eller Brook
- Wham Ditch
- Black Brook
- Abbey Brook
