Hillylaid Pool

Hillylaid Pool is a water channel running through the Fylde and Wyre areas of Lancashire in England. It is 4.55 miles (7.32 km) long,[1] and it is part of the Fleetwood Peninsula Tributary catchment area.[1]

Hillylaid Pool
Hillylaid Pool as it emerges from beneath Hillylaid Road, looking north
Location of the mouth within Wyre Borough
Location
CountryEngland
CountyLancashire
Physical characteristics
MouthRiver Wyre
 • location
Thornton
 • coordinates
53°52′53″N 2°58′41″W
Length4.55 mi (7.32 km)

Hillylaid Pool joins the River Wyre at Stanah, shortly after merging with another watercourse to the northwest of Flint's Caravan Park.[2]

It has the ability to be pumped at high tide by a pumping station on River Road, beside the entrance to Wyre Estuary Country Park.[3]

It was the subject of Wyre River Trust's Hillylaid Pool Wetland Project in 2018.[4] The wetlands were created on the banks of the Wyre at Stanah in 2020, a combined effort of The Rivers Trust and Wyre Rivers Trust.[5][6]

  • Boats are launched into the final few yards of Hillylaid Pool at Wyre Estuary Country Park

References
  1. "Hillylaid Pool - Main Dyke is a river in Lancashire" – LandscapeBritain.co.uk
  2. 53.8810°N 2.9892°W / 53.8810; -2.9892
  3. River Wyre Catchment Flood Management Plan: Summary Report, December 2009 – Environment Agency
  4. Our Projects – WyreRiverTrust.org
  5. Project update: Hillylaid wetland – NaturalCourse.co.uk
  6. World Wetlands Day: a new wetland for the Wyre catchment – TheRiversTrust.org


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