River Tonge

River Tonge
River
Looking downstream from Tonge Bridge, which carries the A579 over the river
Country	England

Tributaries
- left	Bradshaw Brook


Source
- location	Bolton
- coordinates	53°35′44.58″N 2°25′30.42″W / 53.5957167°N 2.4251167°W / 53.5957167; -2.4251167
Mouth
- location	River Irwell, Bolton
- coordinates	53°34′1.56″N 2°24′12.96″W / 53.5671000°N 2.4036000°W / 53.5671000; -2.4036000Coordinates: 53°34′1.56″N 2°24′12.96″W / 53.5671000°N 2.4036000°W / 53.5671000; -2.4036000

The River Tonge is a short river flowing close to Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England.

The Tonge is formed at the Meeting of the Waters, where Astley Brook, flowing from the Smithills area in the west, meets the southerly-flowing Eagley Brook. From there, the Tonge flows southwards, to the east of Bolton, past Springfield, where it is joined by Bradshaw Brook, at the end of its route from the Jumbles and Wayoh reservoirs, close to Tonge Fold. The Tonge joins the River Croal at Darcy Lever, shortly before the Croal's confluence with the River Irwell.

Tonge Bridge section is a part of the river north of Tonge Bridge designated as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).^[1]^[2] The site is 0.7 hectares (1.8 acres) and comprises the steep west bank of the river. It was designated an SSSI 1987 for its geological interest, principally the fluvial sandstone which has yielded pteridosperm seeds, known as Trigonocarpus. The well preserved nature of the seeds make it of considerable sedimentological and palaeogeographic interest.^[1] It is one of only seven geological SSSIs in Greater Manchester.

References

1 2 "Tonge River Section citation sheet" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
↑ "Map of River Tonge Section SSSI". Nature on the Map. Retrieved 2006-10-27.

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Metropolitan districts	City of Manchester City of Salford Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Metropolitan Borough of Bury Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Metropolitan Borough of Tameside Metropolitan Borough of Trafford Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

Major settlements	Altrincham Ashton-in-Makerfield (part) Ashton-under-Lyne Atherton Audenshaw Bolton Bredbury Bury Chadderton Clifton Denton Droylsden Dukinfield Eccles Failsworth Farnworth Golborne Heywood Hindley Horwich Hyde Kearsley Leigh Littleborough Manchester Marple Middleton Milnrow Mossley Oldham Partington Pendlebury Prestwich Radcliffe Ramsbottom Rochdale Royton Sale Salford Stalybridge Standish Stockport Stretford Swinton Tottington Tyldesley Urmston Walkden Westhoughton Whitefield Wigan Worsley See also: List of civil parishes in Greater Manchester

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River Tonge

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