River Tawd

This is well known to Upholland locals as the place where highwayman George Lyons held up his victims during the 18th century.

It emerges near the town's shopping centre, the Concourse, and flows into a country park and Tawd Vale Adventure Centre, a Scout campsite owned and operated by Merseyside Scouts, on the site of the 19th and early 20th century colliery.

The Environment Agency measure the water quality of the river systems in England.

There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of invertebrates, angiosperms and fish.

Reasons for the quality being less than good include physical modification of the channel and some sewage discharge.