River Conder | |
Pushpin Map: | Lancashire |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth within Lancashire |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United Kingdom |
Subdivision Type2: | Part |
Subdivision Name2: | England |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Lancashire |
Mouth: | Lune estuary |
Mouth Coordinates: | 53.9993°N -2.8333°W |
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".