Everything about The River Roch totally explained
The
River Roch (pronounced "roach") is a
river in
Greater Manchester in
North West England, a tributary of the
River Irwell that gives
Rochdale its name.
Course
Rising south of
Todmorden in the
Pennines near the source of the
River Calder, it flows south through
Littleborough towards
Rochdale where it's joined by the
River Beal at the end of its short course from
Milnrow, and the
River Spodden from
Whitworth. Turning west it runs past
Heywood and
Bury before meeting the
River Irwell just to the east of
Radcliffe.
History
The river gets its name from "rached", a
Celtic word meaning "river by the forest".
The
Domesday Book (
1086) gives the name "Recedham" for the settlement that became
Rochdale.
The river has been
culverted in
Rochdale town centre since the early
20th century. This was built by the joining together of seven bridges to form one large bridge, making it one of the widest bridges in the world. Maintenance work was carried out on the bridge in the
1990s and the river was uncovered temporarily.
Tributaries
Moving upstream from the Irwell
confluence, the tributaries include the following: -
Gallery
Image:Source of the Roch.JPG|The source on Chelburn Moor
Image:Roch Aquaduct.jpg|Aquaduct across the Caldervale Railway
Image:Looking downsteam from Smallbridge.jpg|Looking downstream from Smallbridge
Image:Beal and Roch Confluence.JPG|Confluence of River Beal
image:02 River Roch after heavy rain 2.jpg|Flowing under one of the world's widest bridges
Image:River Roch Town Centre.JPG|Town Centre section uncovered during bridge works in the 1990s
Image:Spodden Roch Confluence 3.jpg|Confluence of River Spodden
Image:River Roch Bottom o th brow.JPG|Upstream from Bottom o' th' Brow, Heywood
Image:Roch_Irwell_confluence_Keith_Williamson.jpg|Confluence with River Irwell
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