River Douglas

Douglas Rivers Association CIC is a new local group passionate about restoring the River Douglas.





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Where is the origin of the Duggie.??

The river rises on Winter Hill on the West Pennine Moors, and flows for 35 miles (56 km) through several towns and onto the Ribble estuary past Tarleton, the last 10 miles (16 km) or so being tidal. In 1892 the Douglas was diverted in Wigan to allow the construction of Wigan Central railway station.

From wikipedia.

A new project by the Wigan Archaeology Society - Newsletter 234 (Jul 2020)

The River Douglas - A River in Time

That river stole thousands of footballs ,rugby balls and the like. If you hadn't got them back by the time they got to Pottery Road you'd seen the last of them. Often wonder where they all went.
Crafty Wigan rugby hired a lad to fish um out when the ball was kicked out of Central Park

As Angelwood so rightedly pointed out, the River Douglas .... "flows for 35 miles (56 km) through several towns and onto the Ribble estuary past Tarleton".

Yet only one of the "several towns", which it flows through, make a big deal of it. And guess which town that is?

I was fishing in the Duggie 30 odd years ago.

Tonker the big deal is in my opinion, because of the river the Romans had a base in the town. This has been proved by the dig on Millgate a few years ago and therefore it's a river to be proud of.

Pathetic.

I can't believe how small-minded some people can get !

Hang on ...... Yes I can !

It's nowt to be proud of when it's been raining heavily, because it stinks of poo

We all have opinions Tonker, no need to be rude.

Wigan Archaeological Society - Douglas River Source Trip (Oct 2020)

Eric and I met at Rivington Barn for a trip onto Rivington moor. This was to see if we could trace the route of the River on the moor and perhaps find its source … Douglas Springs

Groundwork CLM - Facebook (1st Mar):



Wigan Today - Link

More about the River Douglas Catchment Partnership - www.groundwork.org.uk / @DouglasPilot

Angelwood, I.m never rude. I just give my opinion.

The water in the douglas is cleaner now than its ever been.There is fishing all over it and wigan daa lease a couple of stretches.A lot of work has been done by the environment agency over the years as they do on all waters in the country.

@RibbleTrust (15th Mar):



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Volunteer Day
Tue 22nd Jun, 10am - 3pm
Starting at Crooke Bridge 47

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Update - June 2022



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Plenty candidates for community service to pay their sentences off.... draft them in first for the grotty stuff.

Eco Action Day
Wed 27th July, 10am-3pm

Learn about what lives in our local rivers & what we can do to help rivers & drains flow. There also be lots of creative activities, educational talks, demonstrations & fun!


@GroundworkCLM

it is200% better than in early 50s when we used to go skimming for bloodworm in the dougie and it depended what colour water was on what colour they was using at pincroft dye works in adlington

"Learn about what lives in our local rivers ......"

But there's only one river local to Wigan?

I would guess that they are talking about and including 'Main Rivers' of which there are many in Wigan area. These are different to Rivers but subject to the same responsibilities.

*Eco Action Day
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(See above - 15th Jul, 17:18)

@DouglasPilot

River Douglas Volunteer Dates
Aug - Oct 2022

These folk, although they mean well, really are clueless. There's all sorts of daft comments made on these "rivers friends of etc. sites".
For instance, one guy posted that the River Douglas "has two tributaries itself"! Really?
Another lists brooks which are actually in the Mersey drainage area. One member says his grandad used to catch trout in the Douglas, when his grandad would have been here at the height of the industrial era, when the Douglas was dead through being filled with everything including sewage and waste chemicals.

Tonker

And I bet all of those numpties are from Wigan

Of course, they will be more prevalent around Wigan, because the River Douglas IS Wigan's river (according to Wiganers, of course).
Many 'Wiganers' don't even know where the River Douglas comes from, let alone where it goes to.

"Beltin" some good views there... what is our marvellous council doing to improve/Further the good work already done.. dont forget our top team at the metro dont live in or any where near Wigan.

How do you know that?

@DouglasPilot Pop Up Event
Wed 24th Aug from 9am
Haigh Hall

River dug lass?
Well, the Douglas Navigation bit of it was.

(Also the deviation created for building of Central Station)

I was working in one of these houses today. I got talking to the husband when he came home from work and pointed out to him the exclusive attitude of some Wigan people as regards this river.
"River"? he exclaimed, indifferently, "Do you mean 'the brook' "?

tonker,

What with selling blinds, travelling to Spain and being involved in house renovation, how do you find the time to converse on Wigan World.

Talk About multi tasking!

I never gets a minute!

I wonder what the flood risk is to those new houses ?

I'd say very low risk of flooding, unless, of course, a blockage occurs in one of the culverts.
Water flows downhill and it's all downhill from there until it gets beyond Wigan. Then the problems start, as it starts going uphill towards Shevington.