River Tawd

The River Tawd near Newburgh

The River Tawd flows through Skelmersdale and Lathom in the west of Lancashire.

The Tawd Bridge on the river near Upholland carried the Ormskirk Road, the main road from Wigan to Ormskirk and Southport. This bridge is the site of a well-known local legend, as the place where highwayman George Lyons held up his victims during the 18th century.

Today, the river flows through the middle of Skelmersdale in large culverts. It emerges near the town's shopping centre, the Concourse, and flows into a country park and a Scout association campsite, on the site of the 19th and early 20th century colliery. Parts of the river are a local biological heritage site.

The river is a tributary of the River Douglas which it joins in Lathom.

Tributaries

• Slate Brook
• Grimshaw Brook

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about River Tawd)

• Location map: 53°36’23"N, 2°47’34"W