Black Brook (Chorley)
53°40′01″N 2°32′17″W / 53.667°N 2.538°W
Black Brook in
acidic due to a high level of peat in the uplands near to Round Loaf, giving the brook its brown 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.[1] The entire course of Black Brook and the River Yarrow fall within Chorley
and its villages.
History
Black Brook powered a water mill at Leicester Mill, White Coppice, from which Leicester Mill Quarries gained their name.
Wildlife
After suffering many years of pollution due to
barbel
.
References
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