River Irwell

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river

The River Irwell is a major river in North West England that flows through the cities of Manchester and Salford, historically powering their industrial development and now forming a key part of the urban landscape.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Irwell Valley 6
River Irwell (historically called the River Dane in this area) 1
River Irwell (via nearby bridges and approaches) 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
adjacentTo Blackfriars Bridge, Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Chapel Street, Salford

Deansgate ⓘ
Spinningfields ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
confluenceWith River Mersey ⓘ
connectedTo Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
country England ⓘ
crossedBy Adelphi Footbridge ⓘ
Blackfriars Bridge, Manchester ⓘ
Blackfriars Bridge, Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Prince’s Bridge (historic)

Trinity Bridge ⓘ
flowsThrough Agecroft ⓘ
Bacup ⓘ
Salford ⓘ
surface form: Bury

Clifton ⓘ
Salford ⓘ
surface form: Kersal

Lower Broughton ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
Salford ⓘ
surface form: Ordsall

Pendlebury ⓘ
Radcliffe ⓘ
Ramsbottom ⓘ
Rawtenstall ⓘ
Salford ⓘ
The Lowry ⓘ
surface form: Salford Quays
formsBoundaryBetween Manchester ⓘ
Salford ⓘ
formsPartOf Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
surface form: Manchester Ship Canal system
hasTributary River Croal ⓘ
River Douglas (via Manchester Ship Canal system context) ⓘ
River Irk ⓘ
River Medlock ⓘ
River Medlock ⓘ
surface form: River Roch

River Tonge ⓘ
hasWaterQualityHistory significant improvement since late 20th century ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor industrial power ⓘ
textile mills ⓘ
transport ⓘ
waste disposal ⓘ
knownFor historic pollution ⓘ
role in Manchester’s industrial revolution ⓘ
urban regeneration projects ⓘ
length approximately 39 miles ⓘ
approximately 63 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn North West England ⓘ
managedBy Environment Agency (England) ⓘ
mouthLocation River Mersey ⓘ
partOf Irwell catchment ⓘ
urban landscape of Manchester ⓘ
urban landscape of Salford ⓘ
region Greater Manchester ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
sourceLocation Peak District (part) ⓘ
surface form: Pennines

near Bacup ⓘ
subjectOf Irwell Sculpture Trail ⓘ
tributaryOf River Mersey ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
rowing ⓘ

Referenced by (74)

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

New Bailey area → locatedOnWaterbody → River Irwell ⓘ
Pennines → majorRiversOriginating → River Irwell ⓘ
River Tonge → mouthOf → River Irwell ⓘ
River Medlock → mouthOfWaterBody → River Irwell ⓘ
River Croal → mouthOfWatercourse → River Irwell ⓘ
River Irk → mouthOfWatercourse → River Irwell ⓘ
Deansgate → namedAfter → River Irwell ⓘ
this entity surface form: River Irwell (historically called the River Dane in this area)
Clifton → near → River Irwell ⓘ
Roman fort of Mamucium → near → River Irwell ⓘ
subject surface form: Mamucium
Pendlebury → nearRiver → River Irwell ⓘ
Higher Broughton → nearbyRiver → River Irwell ⓘ
Bury → river → River Irwell ⓘ
Ramsbottom → river → River Irwell ⓘ
Adelphi Footbridge → riverCrossingFor → River Irwell ⓘ
this entity surface form: River Irwell in Salford
Radcliffe → riverValley → River Irwell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irwell Valley
Adelphi Footbridge → spans → River Irwell ⓘ
Manchester urban area → traversedBy → River Irwell ⓘ
Rossendale Valley → traversedBy → River Irwell ⓘ
River Mersey → tributary → River Irwell ⓘ
River Croal → tributaryOf → River Irwell ⓘ
River Irk → tributaryOf → River Irwell ⓘ
River Medlock → tributaryOf → River Irwell ⓘ
River Tonge → tributaryOf → River Irwell ⓘ