River Conder

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River Conder
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River Conder near Ellel
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Location of the mouth within Lancashire
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
PartEngland
County Lancashire
Physical characteristics
Mouth Lune estuary
  coordinates
53°59′57.5″N2°50′0″W / 53.999306°N 2.83333°W / 53.999306; -2.83333 Coordinates: 53°59′57.5″N2°50′0″W / 53.999306°N 2.83333°W / 53.999306; -2.83333

The River Conder is a river in the English county of Lancashire.

The source of the River Conder is a spring at Conder Head on Black Fell near Littledale, from where the stream briefly runs north, then west through Cragg Wood. The river then skirts around Quernmore in a southwesterly direction through a disproportionately wide valley, created by glacial action. [1]

The river runs through Ellel and Galgate before turning to the north-west, flowing into the Lune estuary between Conder Green and Glasson Dock.

The river supplies most of the water for the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal. [2]

The name of the river was recorded in the 13th century as Kondover and Kondoure, being derived from Brythonic and meaning "crooked waters".

See also

Notes

  1. Conder Valley, near Lancaster, Ministry of Information. Retrieved 12 September 2006.
  2. Self, John (2008). The Land of the Lune. Drakkar Press Limited.


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