Black Brook (Chorley)

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Black Brook is in Lancashire, with its source at Great Hill. The water is acidic due to a high level of peat in the uplands near to Round Loaf, giving the brook its black colour. The young river was known as Warth Brook in olden Heapey. A feeder stream also known as Black Brook joins near Kittiwake Road - this short and weak water course commences at Eagle Tower. The jointed brook feeds Anglezarke Reservoir, and joins the River Yarrow in lowland Chorley at Yarrow Bridge. The entire course of Black Brook, and indeed the River Yarrow, falls within Chorley and its villages.

[edit] History

Black Brook powered Leicester Mill, from which Leicester Mill Quarries gained their name.

[edit] Wildlife

After suffering many years of pollution due to effluent discharge from Whitter's Factory, and 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.