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Encyclopedia > River Brun

The River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire. River upstream of an Australian trout farm A river is a large natural waterway. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...


Rising at the confluence of Hurstwood Brook (draining Wether Edge, Hameldon and supplying the Hurstwood Reservoir) and Rock Water at Foxstones Bridge near the village of Hurstwood, the river runs north west towards the town of Burnley. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Statistics Population: 73,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD836326 Administration District: Burnley Shire county: Lancashire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Lancashire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: BURNLEY Postal...


The river passes through the artificial Rowley Lake near Rowley Hall and collects Swinden Water and the River Don, the latter at Netherwood Bridge.


In Burnley, the Brun travels through Queen's Park and Thompson Park before moving through the town centre, where it is occasionally culverted. A culvert is a flowing body of water which passes underneath a road, railway, or embankment, or the part thereof that does so. ...


The Brun joins the River Calder close to a roundabout on Active Way in Burnley. The River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble starting above Burnley, passing through Padiham and Altham then joining the Ribble near Whalley, passing the ruins of Whalley Abbey then being crossed by the red brick Whalley Viaduct. ...



 

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