The River Calder is a major tributary of the River Ribble

River Ribble

The River Ribble is a river that runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire, in northern England. The river's drainage basin also includes parts of Greater Manchester around Wigan.-Geography:...

, starting in Cliviger

Cliviger

Cliviger is a civil parish within the Borough of Burnley, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the southeast of Burnley, and northwest of Todmorden and has a population of 2,350...

 close to Burnley

Burnley

Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....

 in Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, England and is around 24 km / 15 miles in length. Its source is very close to that of the West Yorkshire river with the same name, and that of the River Irwell

River Irwell

The River Irwell is a long river which flows through the Irwell Valley in the counties of Lancashire and Greater Manchester in North West England. The river's source is at Irwell Springs on Deerplay Moor, approximately north of Bacup, in the parish of Cliviger, Lancashire...

. It flows through Towneley Park

Towneley Park

Towneley Park comprises Towneley Hall, a large country house, and its surrounding estate on the outskirts of Burnley, Lancashire, England....

 passing Unity College

Unity College (Burnley)

Unity College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Burnley, Lancashire, with specialisms in Arts and English.-History:Unity College has recently been successfully redesignated as a College specialising in English and the Arts...

 and Fulledge Recreation Ground. It passes through a culvert

Culvert

A culvert is a device used to channel water. It may be used to allow water to pass underneath a road, railway, or embankment. Culverts can be made of many different materials; steel, polyvinyl chloride and concrete are the most common...

 in the Burnley Embankment on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of , it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line...

 and on through Burnley

Burnley

Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....

 town centre where it is joined by the River Brun

River Brun

The River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire.Rising at the confluence of Hurstwood Brook and Rock Water at Foxstones Bridge near the village of Hurstwood, the river runs north west towards the town of Burnley.The river passes through the artificial Rowley Lake near Rowley Hall and collects...

. It then flows north through the site of Burnley College

Burnley College

Burnley College is a further education college based in Burnley, Lancashire.- New College Site :Situated on Princess Way , Burnley in Lancashire...

 and out of the town, where it is joined by Pendle Water

Pendle Water

Pendle Water is a minor river in Lancashire.Rising on Pendle Hill, Pendle Water cuts a deep valley between Barley Moor and Spence Hill, where it feeds the two Ogden Reservoirs, before making its way eastward through Roughlee, collecting Blacko Water, draining the valley near Wheathead, at Water...

 before turning west past Ightenhill

Ightenhill

Ightenhill is a civil parish in the Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a population of 1,512. It is also considered to be a district of the town of Burnley, with boundaries that do not follow those of the parish....

 and Gawthorpe Hall

Gawthorpe Hall

Gawthorpe Hall, a Lancashire County Council property managed by the National Trust is an Elizabethan house near the town of Padiham, in the borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England...

 and through the town of Padiham

Padiham

Padiham is a small town and civil parish on the River Calder, about west of Burnley and south of Pendle Hill, in Lancashire, England. It is part of the Borough of Burnley but also has its own town council with varied powers.-History:...

. It flows through Altham

Altham, Lancashire

Altham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Hyndburn, in Lancashire, England. It is the only parish in the borough – the remainder is an unparished area. The village is west of Burnley, north of Accrington, and north-east of Clayton-le-Moors, and is on the A678 Blackburn to Burnley...

 and Whalley

Whalley

Whalley is a large village in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large picturesque wooded hill over the river from the village....

, passing the ruins of Whalley Abbey

Whalley Abbey

Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished and a country house was built on the site. In the 20th century the house was modified and it is now the Retreat and Conference House of the...

, then being crossed by the red brick Whalley Viaduct. It meets the Ribble near Great Mitton

Great Mitton

Great Mitton is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is separated from the civil parish of Little Mitton by the River Ribble, both lie about 3 miles from the town of Clitheroe...

. In its passage east of Padiham the river was diverted in the 19th century away from Gawthorpe Hall because of pollution, being restored to the original route in the 1960s.

Settlements

• Whalley
  Whalley, Lancashire
  Whalley is a large village in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large picturesque wooded hill over the river from the village....
  
  
• Altham
  Altham, Lancashire
  Altham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Hyndburn, in Lancashire, England. It is the only parish in the borough – the remainder is an unparished area. The village is west of Burnley, north of Accrington, and north-east of Clayton-le-Moors, and is on the A678 Blackburn to Burnley...
  
  
• Padiham
  Padiham
  Padiham is a small town and civil parish on the River Calder, about west of Burnley and south of Pendle Hill, in Lancashire, England. It is part of the Borough of Burnley but also has its own town council with varied powers.-History:...
  
  
• Burnley
  Burnley
  Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....
  
  
• Walk Mill
  Cliviger
  Cliviger is a civil parish within the Borough of Burnley, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the southeast of Burnley, and northwest of Todmorden and has a population of 2,350...
  
  
• Holme Chapel
  Cliviger
  Cliviger is a civil parish within the Borough of Burnley, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the southeast of Burnley, and northwest of Todmorden and has a population of 2,350...
  
  

Tributaries

• Bushburn Brook
• Dean Brook
• Egg Syke Brook
• Rodger Hey Brook
• Sabden Brook
  Sabden Brook
  Sabden Brook is a small river running through Lancashire in England.Rising just to the west of Newchurch-in-Pendle, Sabden Brook moves westward through its well-defined valley, past Sabden Hall to the village of Sabden, east of the town of Whalley...
  
  
  • Badger Well Water
  • Wood House Brook
  • Cock Clough
• Clough Syke Brook
• Hyndburn Brook
  Hyndburn Brook
  Hyndburn Brook is a minor river of Lancashire in England.Hyndburn Brook eventually joins the River Calder near Great Harwood.-Tributaries:*Harwood Brook**Causeway Brook*Norden Brook*Spaw Brook*Shaw Brook*Bottom Syke*River Hyndburn**Church Brook...
  
  
  • Harwood Brook
    • Causeway Brook
  • Norden Brook
  • Spaw Brook
  • Shaw Brook
  • Bottom Syke
  • River Hyndburn
    River Hyndburn
    The River Hyndburn is a river in Lancashire, England. It passes through the towns of Haslingden, Baxenden, Accrington, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, before meeting Hyndburn Brook, before ultimately joining the River Calder....
    
    
    • 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
  Pendle Water
  Pendle Water is a minor river in Lancashire.Rising on Pendle Hill, Pendle Water cuts a deep valley between Barley Moor and Spence Hill, where it feeds the two Ogden Reservoirs, before making its way eastward through Roughlee, collecting Blacko Water, draining the valley near Wheathead, at Water...
  
  
  • Old Laund Clough
  • Edge End Brook
  • Walverden Water
    • Bradley Syke
    • Head Beck
      • Dobson Syke
    • Catlow Brook
      • Pighole Clough
      • Pathole Beck
      • New Laithe Clough
      • Float Bridge Beck
      • Swains Plat Clough
  • Colne Water
    Colne Water
    Colne Water is a watercourse running through the Lancashire town of Colne.Colne Water is formed at Covey Bridge near Laneshaw Bridge by the confluence of the River Laneshaw and Wycoller Beck....
    
    
    • 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
      River Laneshaw
      The River Laneshaw is a river in Northern England.Rising as Laneshaw Brook on the border between the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire from the collection of several streams draining both sides of the boundary, including Round Beck, the brook runs northwards, feeding the Laneshaw Reservoir,...
      
      
      • High Laith Beck
        • Sykes Beck
        • Shawhead Beck
      • Monkroyd Beck
      • Hullown Beck
      • Swamp Syke
      • Laneshaw Brook
        • Round Holes Beck
        • Cat Stone Clough
    • Wycoller Beck
      Wycoller Beck
      Wycoller Beck is a beck in Lancashire, running through Wycoller Country Park and the village of Wycoller in Pendle.The river joins the River Laneshaw at Covey Bridge near Laneshaw Bridge to form Colne Water....
      
      
      • 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 Brun
  The River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire.Rising at the confluence of Hurstwood Brook and Rock Water at Foxstones Bridge near the village of Hurstwood, the river runs north west towards the town of Burnley.The river passes through the artificial Rowley Lake near Rowley Hall and collects...
  
  
  • 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

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