Black Brook (Chorley)
River in Lancashire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
53.667°N 2.538°W / 53.667; -2.538
Black Brook in Lancashire has its source at Great Hill in the West Pennine Moors. The water is 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.