![]() įleetwood at the mouth of the river was a major fishing port up until the latter half of the 20th century. The area around Burn Naze on the western side of the Wyre estuary was formerly known as "Bergerode", believed to be an Old English term for "shallow harbour", "beor grade". Industrial activity by a number of various companies continues by the river, albeit on a much reduced scale. Later processes undertaken on the site included those dealing with Vinyl Chloride Monomer, although this was later moved to Runcorn and ICI activity on the site wound up. Originally an alkali works taking brine from mines and wells across the river in and around Preesall. Major industry exists at the former ICI site at Burn Naze, close to the estuary of the river. A pedestrian ferry runs between Fleetwood and Knott End but the ferry to the Isle of Man no longer runs. The Lancaster Canal crosses on a small aqueduct at Garstang. A former toll bridge, Shard Bridge, close to Poulton-le-Fylde, has been rebuilt and is now free. It is crossed by a toll bridge (normal fee is 40 pence) at Cartford, between Little Eccleston and Out Rawcliffe. The river then turns westward, flowing through St Michael's On Wyre where it is joined by its second major tributary, the River Brock. Sixteen people were killed and a further 22 were injured.įrom Abbeystead, the river flows south through Dolphinholme and Garstang to Catterall where it meets its first major tributary, the River Calder. During a site visit by villagers from nearby St Michael's On Wyre in 1984, a major explosion occasioned by a buildup of naturally-occurring methane gas occurred. A pumping station was built just below below the confluence as part of a water transfer scheme in the 1980s. The river rises in the Forest of Bowland in central Lancashire, as two distinct tributaries, the Tarnbrook Wyre and the Marshaw Wyre, whose confluence is near the village of Abbeystead. ![]() The river is a County Biological Heritage Site. It is approximately 28 miles (45km) in length. The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. Caption="Wyre estuary shown within Lancashire" ![]()
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