Eagley Brook
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Eagley Brook (also known during the formative part of its course as Belmont Brook) is a small
river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
of
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. Rising at the
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of several smaller streams at Old Man's Hill in the
West Pennine Moors The West Pennine Moors is an area of the Pennines covering approximately of moorland and Reservoir (water), reservoirs in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The West Pennine Moors are separa ...
, the brook almost immediately feeds Belmont Reservoir, after which it moves south and south east, passing the village of Belmont and collecting several tributaries and traversing the Longworth Clough, emerging close to Egerton. From there, the river goes south, through Eagley near
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, towards Astley Bridge, after which it joins Astley Brook at Meeting of the Waters to form the
River Tonge The River Tonge is a short river, splitting Bolton from contiguous Tonge, both in Greater Manchester, England. The Tonge is formed at the ''Meeting of the Waters'', where Astley Brook, from Smithills in the west, meets the Eagley Brook drawi ...
. Eagley Brook was historically important to the industrial and economic life of the north Bolton area. Its fast-flowing streams provided power to the water-wheels of the early industrial period, steam power at a later date, and soft water for bleaching and paper making.


Tributaries

* Barley Brook (R) * Gale Brook (R) ** Three Nooked Shaw Brook (L) * Delph Brook (L) ** Slate Brook (R) ** Stones Bank Brook *** Rushton's Brook (Ls) *** Holden's Brook (Rs) * Hordern/Ward's Brook (R) ** Grange Brook (R) ** Great Gutte (R)


References

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