Hillylaid Pool (known colloquially as The Dyke)[1] is a water channel running through the Fylde and Wyre areas of Lancashire in England. It is 4.55 miles (7.32 km) long,[2] and it is part of the Fleetwood Peninsula Tributary catchment area.[2]
| Hillylaid Pool | |
|---|---|
 Looking upstream as Hillylaid Pool passes beneath Station Road in Thornton | |
  Location of the mouth within Wyre Borough | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| County | Lancashire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | River Wyre |
• location | Thornton |
• coordinates | 53°52′53″N 2°58′41″W / 53.8815°N 2.9780°W |
| Length | 4.55 mi (7.32 km) |
Hillylaid Pool is sourced from a pond near the junction of Blackpool Road and Blackpool Old Road in Poulton-le-Fylde. It joins the River Wyre at Stanah, shortly after merging with another watercourse to the northwest of Flint's Caravan Park.[3]
It has the ability to be pumped at high tide by a pumping station on River Road, beside the entrance to Wyre Estuary Country Park.[4]
It was the subject of Wyre River Trust's Hillylaid Pool Wetland Project in 2018.[5] The wetlands were created on the banks of the Wyre at Stanah in 2020, a combined effort of The Rivers Trust and Wyre Rivers Trust.[6][7]
A wetland area was created within the former site of ICI Hillhouse in Thornton. 6,000 cubic metres (210,000 cu ft) of water can now be stored there, allowing capacity during periods of heavy rainfall and providing habitats for wildlife. Hillylaid Pool was straightened in the 1970s, leaving a stagnant paleochannel; this project reconnected the old channel to the existing watercourse.[8]
Gallery
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Boats are launched into the final few yards of Hillylaid Pool at Wyre Estuary Country Park
References
edit- ^ "Hillylaid Pool - Main Dyke | Catchment Data Explorer | Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Hillylaid Pool - Main Dyke is a river in Lancashire" – LandscapeBritain.co.uk
- ^ 53°52′52″N 2°59′21″W / 53.8810°N 2.9892°W
- ^ River Wyre Catchment Flood Management Plan: Summary Report, December 2009 – Environment Agency
- ^ Our Projects – WyreRiverTrust.org
- ^ Project update: Hillylaid wetland – NaturalCourse.co.uk
- ^ World Wetlands Day: a new wetland for the Wyre catchment – TheRiversTrust.org
- ^ Trust, Wyre Rivers. "Wyre Rivers Trust". Wyre Rivers Trust. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
External links
edit- Hillylaid Pool - Tidal Wyre – Catchment Data Explorer, Environment Agency
- Land Drainage Strategy - August 2004 – Wyre Council
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