River Sankey

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River Sankey is a watercourse in North West England that flows through areas such as St Helens and Warrington before joining the River Mersey.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
River Sankey canonical 4
Sankey 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
watercourse
alsoKnownAs River Sankey
surface form: Sankey

Sankey Brook
basinCountry United Kingdom
connectedTo Sankey Canal
country England
crossedBy railway bridges
road bridges
environmentalIssue flood risk management
historic industrial pollution
flowsGenerally southwesterly
flowsThrough St Helens
Warrington
hasFeature culverts
flood storage areas
weirs
hasTributary Black Brook
Black Brook
surface form: Mill Brook

Rainford Brook
historicalUse serving coalfields around St Helens
supporting canal navigation
locatedIn Borough of Halton
Borough of St Helens
Warrington Borough Council
surface form: Borough of Warrington

North West England
managedBy Environment Agency (England)
surface form: Environment Agency
mouthLocation near Fiddlers Ferry
near Widnes
mouthOf River Mersey
nearbyInfrastructure Fiddlers Ferry Power Station
partOf River Mersey
surface form: Mersey Basin

Sankey catchment
passesNear Earlestown
Newton-le-Willows
Widnes
region Cheshire
Merseyside
tributaryOf River Mersey
usedFor drainage
industrial water supply
recreation
watercourseType lowland river

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Mersey tributary River Sankey
River Sankey alsoKnownAs River Sankey
this entity surface form: Sankey
Greg Sankey familyName River Sankey
this entity surface form: Sankey
Rainford Brook tributaryOf River Sankey
Rainford Brook mouthOf River Sankey
Black Brook tributaryOf River Sankey