The River Laneshaw is a

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. It runs for from Laneshaw Reservoir to Laneshaw Bridge alongside the

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and has a catchment area of . Rising as Laneshaw Brook on Combe Hill between the border of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

and

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, the brook runs northwards, feeding first Laneshaw Reservoir then running westwards as the River Laneshaw. The River Laneshaw combines with Wycoller Beck at Covey Bridge to form

Colne Water Colne Water is a river in eastern Lancashire. It is approximately long and has a catchment area excluding its major tributaries (the River Laneshaw, Wycoller Beck, Trawden Brook and Wanless Water) of . Colne Water is formed at the Covey Br ...

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