List of tributaries of the River Ribble

This is a list of tributaries of the River Ribble in north-west England.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Estuary to Preston[edit]

Estuary to Douglas[edit]

Crossens Pool
- The Sluice
  - Middle Drain
  - Back Drain
  - Ring Ditch
  - Boundary Drain
  - Tarleton Runner
    - Mere Brow
      - School Drain
    - Pale Ditch
  - Mere Brow Watercourse
  - Midge Hall Drain
  - Boat House Sluice
    - Langley's Brook
  - Rufford Boundary Sluice
- Three Pools Waterway
  - Fine Jane's Brook
    - Holly Brook
    - Sandy Brook
    - Old Canal
  - Boundary Brook
    - New Cut Brook
  - Sandy Brook
    - The Old Pool
    - Black Brook
    - Drummersdale Drain
      - Brook Cut and Mill Stream
    - Bullen's Brook
    - Eas Brook
      - Hurlston Brook
Main Drain
- Liggard Brook
- Wrea Brook
Hundred End Gutter
Pool Stream

River Douglas watershed[edit]

River Douglas or River Asland
- Longton Brook
- Centre Drain
- Carr Heys Watercourse
- Tarra Carr Gutter
  - Hall Pool
- 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
    - Howe Brook
    - Pye Brook
  - Culbeck Brook
    - Chapel Brook
      - Ransnap Brook
      - German Brook
  - Hodge Brook
  - River Chor
  - Clancutt Brook
    - Tanyard Brook
    - Whittle Brook
  - Eller Brook
    - Moss Ditch
  - Black Brook
    - Tan House Brook
    - Warth Brook
      - Brinscall Brook
      - Fill Brook
  - Roaring Lum
  - Dean Brook
    - Hall Brook
    - Cote Slack
  - Limestone Brook
  - Green Withins Brook
- The Sluice
  - Mill
  - Old Reed Brook
- Main Ditch
- Eller Brook
  - Wham Ditch
  - Black Brook
  - Abbey Brook
    - New Park Brook
    - Castle Brook
    - Sefton Brook
      - Dungeon Brook
      - Dicket's Brook
        Goose Brook
- Mill Ditch
  - New Reed Brook
  - Bentley Brook
- River Tawd
  - Slate Brook
  - Grimshaw Brook
- Middlehurst Brook
- Dock Brook
- Alder Lane Brook
- Sprodley Brook
- Calico Brook
- Lees Brook
- Dean Brook
  - Sand Brook
- Ackhurst Brook
- Mill Brook
- Bradshaw Brook
- Close Brook
- Barley Brook
- Smithy Brook
  - Poolstock Brook
    - Ince Brook
      - Hawkley Brook
      - Reed Brook
        Park Brook
- Clarington Brook
- Bradley Brook
- Bucklow Brook
  - Moss Ditch
  - Buckow Brook
    - Hic-bibi Brook
      - Stars Brook
        Almond Brook
        
        Tunley Brook
- Pearl Brook
- Arley Brook

Douglas to Preston[edit]

Freckleton Pool
- Dow Brook
  - Spen Brook
  - Carr Brook
    - Wrongway Brook
- Middle Pool
Ribble Link / Savick Brook
- Deepdale Brook
- Lady Head Runnel
- Sharoe Brook
  - Moss Leach Brook
- Eaves Brook
Mill Brook
The Mains Brook

River Darwen watershed[edit]

River Darwen
- Hennel Brook
  - Cockshott Brook
- Many Brooks
  - Black Brook
    - Hatchwood Brook
  - Fowler Brook
    - Drum Head Brook
      - Gorton Brook
      - Mill Brook
    - Bank Head Brook
- Old Darwen
- Beeston Brook
  - Quaker Brook
- Hole Brook
  - Huntley Brook (North)
  - Huntley Brook (South)
- Alum House Brook
  - Arley Brook
- Trout Brook
- River Roddlesworth
  - Finnington Brook
  - Stockclough Brook
    - Whitehalgh Brook
      - Shaw Brook
      - Chapels Brook
      - Sheep Bridge Brook
  - Rake Brook
  - Calf Hey Brook
  - Ferny Bed Springs
- River Blakewater
  - Snig Brook
  - Audley Brook
  - Little Harwood Brook
    - Royshaw Clough
    - Seven Acre Brook
  - Knuzden Brook
- Scotshaw Brook
  - Moss Brook
  - Badger Brook
- Higher Croft Brook
  - Newfield Brook
- Davy Field Brook
  - Flash Brook
  - Grimshaw Brook
    - Waterside Brook
      - Mean Brook
        Sapling Clough
      - Hoddlesden Moss Brook
        Far Scotland Brook
      - Pickup Bank Brook
        Moss Brook
        
        Twitchells Brook
- Sunnyhurst Brook
  - Stepback Brook
- Bold Venture Brook
  - High Lumb Brook
    - Livesey Brook
- Kebbs Brook
  - Green Lowe Brook
- Bury Fold Brook
  - Old Briggs Brook
    - Duckshaw Brook
- Grain Brook
  - Bent Hall Brook
  - Deadman's Clough

Preston to Whalley[edit]

Swill Brook
Bezza Brook
- Wilcock Brook
  - Mellor Brook
Tun Brook
Stydd Brook
- Boyce's Brook
  - Cowley Brook
  - Page Brook
- Duddel Brook
Starling Brook
Dean Brook
- Bailey Brook
- Brownslow Brook
Dinckley Brook
- Park Brook
  - Showley Brook
    - Knotts Brook
  - Tottering Brook
  - Zechariah Brook

River Calder watershed[edit]

River Calder
- Bushburn Brook
- Dean Brook
- Egg Syke Brook
- Rodger Hey Brook
- Sabden Brook
  - Badger Well Water
  - Wood House Brook
  - Cock Clough
- Clough Syke Brook
- Hyndburn Brook
  - Harwood Brook
    - Causeway Brook
  - Norden Brook
  - Spaw Brook
  - Shaw Brook
  - Bottom Syke
  - River Hyndburn
    - Church Brook
      - Accrington Brook
        Woodnook Water
        Warmden Brook
        
        Tom Dale Clough
  - White Ash Brook
    - Wolfenden Syke
    - Lottice Brook
  - Tinker Brook
    - Whams Brook
    - Jackhouse Brook
      - Cocker Brook
        White Syke
      - Cocker Lumb
- Syke Side Brook
  - Clough Brook
- Simonstone Brook
- Shorten Brook
- Dean Brook
  - Huntroyde Brook
- Castle Clough Brook
  - Castle Clough
- Green Brook
  - Shaw Brook
  - Sweet Clough
  - Hapton Clough
    - Thorny Bank Clough
    - Tower Brook
  - Habergham Clough
    - New Barn Clough
      - Helm Clough
    - Micklehurst Clough
      - Long Syke
- Whitaker Clough
  - Fir Trees Brook
    - West Close Clough
    - Acres Brook
- Moor Isles Clough
- Spurn Clough
- Pendle Water
  - Old Laund Clough
  - Edge End Brook
  - Walverden Water
    - Bradley Syke
    - Clough Head Beck
      - Dobson Syke
    - Catlow Brook
      - Pighole Clough
      - Pathole Beck
      - New Laithe Clough
      - Float Bridge Beck
      - Swains Plat Clough
  - Colne Water
    - Swinden Clough
    - Wanless Water
      - Slipper Hill Clough
      - Houses Beck Moss
        Moss Houses Beck
    - Guy Syke
    - Church Clough Brook
    - Trawden Brook
      - Beardshaw Beck
      - Round Hole Beck
      - Will Moor Clough
    - River Laneshaw
      - High Laith Beck
        Sykes Beck
        
        Shawhead Beck
      - Monkroyd Beck
      - Hullown Beck
      - Swamp Syke
      - Laneshaw Brook
        Round Holes Beck
        
        Cat Stone Clough
    - Wycoller Beck
      - Ratten Clough
      - Smithy Clough
        Deep Clough Beck
        
        Nan Hole Clough
      - Turnhole Clough
        Butter Leach Clough
        
        Saucer Hill Clough
  - Blacko Water
    - Castor Gill
    - Claude's Clough
    - Admergill Water
      - Wicken Clough
      - Greystone Clough
      - Sandyford Clough
  - White Hough Water
    - Dimpenley Clough
    - Bird Holme Clough
    - Barley Water
      - Deep Clough
      - Black Moss Water
        Water Gate
        
        Warth Beck
    - Ogden Clough
      - Boar Clough
      - White Slacks
      - Dry Clough
- Barden Clough
- River Brun
  - River Don
    - Walshaw Clough
    - Thursden Brook
      - Ell Clough
      - Black Clough
        Hey Stacks Clough
        
        Tom Groove
  - Swinden Water
    - Hell Clough
  - Hurstwood Brook
    - Smallshaw Clough
  - Rock Water
    - Cant Clough Beck
- Everage Clough
  - Hole House Clough
    - Buck Clough
- Dick Clough
- Easden Clough
- Black Clough
- Green Clough
  - Copy Clough
    - Sheddon Clough

River Hodder watershed[edit]

River Hodder
- Cow Ark Brook
  - Mill Brook
  - Hagg Clough
- River Loud
  - Leagram Brook
    - Hill Clough
    - Burnslack Brook
  - Chipping Brook
- Greystoneley Brook
  - Hell Clough
  - Dinkling Green Brook
- Withins Clough
- Red Syke
- Fielding Clough
- Langden Brook
  - Hareden Brook
    - Lane Foot Brook
      - Fog Hill Clough
      - Cherry Gutter
    - Crackling Syke
    - Dimples Clough
  - Losterdale Brook
    - Trough Brook
  - Mere Clough Wham
  - Bleadale Water
  - Stransdale Brook
    - Stransdale Gutter
- Robin Clough
- River Dunsop
  - Brennand River
    - Round Hill Water
      - Brown Syke
  - Whitendale River
    - Sandy Gutter
- Black Brook
- Rough Syke
- Grey Gill
- Heaning Brook
- Birkett Brook
  - Crimpton Brook
- Foulscales Brook
  - Bonstone Brook
  - Crag Beck
- Easington Brook
  - Sough Clough
  - Rye Clough
  - Skelshaw Brook
  - Langcliff Cross Brook
    - Tinklers Brook
      - Anna Land Brook
  - Harrop Brook
  - Dean Slack Brook
- King Syke
- Dunnow Syke
- Croasdale Brook
  - Eller Beck
  - Lanshaw Brook
    - Davison's Syke
    - Clough Beck
    - Dunsop Brook
  - Hill Wood Syke
  - Moor Syke
    - Round Hill Syke
  - Black Brook
    - Hind Slack
- Barn Gill
  - Park Beck
  - Dugdale Syke
- Phynis Beck
  - Wain Hill Syke
- Bottoms Beck
  - Hesbert Hall Syke
  - Hindley Head Clough
  - Thorp Syke
  - Dob Dale Beck
    - Nursery Beck
      - Brock Clough Beck
    - Brown Hills Beck
      - Ash Clough Swamp
- Hasgill Beck
  - Cowgill Syke
  - Rigg Gill Syke
- Copter Syke
- Hare Clough Beck
- White Syke
- Kearsden Holes
- Red Syke

Whalley to Paythorne[edit]

Barrow Brook
Pig Hill Brook
Barrow Clough
Pendleton Brook
- Mearley Brook
  - Shaw Brook
  - Worston Brook
    - Rad Brook
- Howcroft Brook
Bashall Brook
- Hollins Clough
- Cow Hey Brook
  - Sandy Ford Brook
- Braddup Clough
- Elm Clough
Waddington Brook
- Coplow Brook
Greg Sike
West Bradford Brook
- Brocklehurst Brook
- Drakehouse Brook
  - Porters Brook
    - Bradford Brook
Moor Roads Sike
West Clough Brook
Grindleton Brook
Chatburn Brook
Smithies Brook
- Swanside Beck
  - Stankhill Beck
    - Gazegill or Rimington Beck
      - Thistleber Beck
        Eel Beck
        Widow Hill Beck
      - Skell Banks Syke
      - Howgill Beck
        Whytha Beck
        
        Collaver Syke
      - Crag Clough
  - Dudland Syke
    - Cow Gill Beck
- Ings Beck
  - Twiston Beck
    - Pendle Hill Brook
  - Clough Beck
  - Gill Beck
Rathmill Sike
Hollins Syke
Skinners Sike
Sliping Brook
- Hell Syke
- Hill Brook
Skirden Beck
- Holden Beck
  - Mear Gill
    - Fell Brook
      - Bay Gate Brook
      - Far Fields Brook
      - Black Brook
    - Holden Beck
      - Threap Green Brook
- Kirk Beck
  - Fox Gill Beck
    - Gill Bottom Beck
- Bier Beck
  - Hungrill Beck
    - Higher Syke
      - Bleara Syke
      - Varleys Syke
  - Cuddy Syke
- Monubent Beck
  - Hen Gill Beck
    - Agden Beck
      - Mere Syke
- Grunsagill Beck
  - Tosside Beck
    - Holden Beck or Moor End Beck
- New Gill Beck
  - Bond Beck
    - Little Beck
    - Sandy Syke
  - Walkers Clough
Fooden Gill
Park House Beck
Wheatley Beck
Ellenthorpe Gill

Paythorne to source[edit]

Stock Beck
- Spittle Syke
- Horton Beck
- Bottom Beck
  - Lodge Hill Syke
    - Old Park Syke
      - Wedacre Syke
      - Hesketh Rough Syke
- Flush Beck
- Hell Forest Dike
  - Turpit Gate Syke
  - Hayfield Dike
    - Tosber Syke
- Fools Syke
  - Ray Gill Water
    - Ray Gill
  - Horrox Gill
- Crownest Syke
- Gillians Beck
  - Moor Side Beck
East Beck
- Carholme Beck
Ray Gill
Ged Beck
Swinden Gill Beck
- Mallardale Beck
Mansell Beck
Pan Beck
- Hellifield Beck
- Gallaber Syke
  - Bend Gate Syke
- Kell Well Beck
Candle Rush Beck
Deep Dale Syke
Long Preston Beck
- Bookil Gill Beck
- Scaleber Beck
Old Field Syke
- Crow Hill Syke
Wigglesworth Beck
- Tofts Syke
- Rough Syke
Rathmell Beck
- Hollow Gill Beck
- Rathmell Goit
Skir Beck
Mear Beck
Swaw Beck
- Carr Beck
Tems Beck
- Huntworth Beck
Lodge Gill
Stainforth Beck
- Catrigg Beck
  - Cowside Beck
- Tongue Gill
  - Fornah Gill
How Beck
Blind Beck
Turn Dub
Selside Beck
- Gillgarth Beck
Coppy Gill
Cosh Knott Well

Pre-Ribble[edit]

Cam Beck[edit]

Cam Beck (aka Ling Gill Beck)
- Brow Gill Beck
- Ling Gill Beck
- Labour Gill
- Poverty Gill
- Hard Turf Gill
- Dry Gill
- Little Bank Gill
  - Foul Gutter
- Rush Gill
- Lamb Fold Gill
- Little Intake Gill
- Middle Gill
- Tur Gill
- Grainings Gill
- Red Sike
- Pot Close Gill

Gayle Beck[edit]

Gayle Beck
- Axletree Gill
- Gate Cote Gill
- White Earth Gill
- High Springs
- Lat Gill
- Long Gill
  - Mares Gill
  - Far Mares Gill
  - Shivery Gill
  - Jam Sike
- Ouster Gill

References[edit]

^ "Limestone Ribble". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "Ribble Middle - Settle to Calder". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "Big Ribble". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "Ribble". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[limestone-1] "Limestone Ribble". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[middle-2] "Ribble Middle - Settle to Calder". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[big-3] "Big Ribble". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[estuary-4] "Ribble". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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