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Main Dyke is a water channel running through the Fylde area of Lancashire, England. It is an outflow of the largely drained Marton Mere, Blackpool, [1] though Marton Mere originally released its waters via Spen Brook in the opposite direction. [2]

The Main Dyke joins the River Wyre at Skippool, [3] appearing to follow the course of an earlier "Skippon River" (named as such on John Speed's map of the county). [4]

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  1. 53°48′33″N2°59′56″W / 53.8093°N 2.9990°W
  2. "Blackpool History". 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. 53°51′43″N2°58′36″W / 53.8620°N 2.9767°W
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