Hillylaid Pool (known colloquially as The Dyke) is a water channel running through
the Fylde
The Fylde () is a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England. It is roughly a square-shaped peninsula, bounded by Morecambe Bay to the north, the Ribble estuary to the south, the Irish Sea to the west, and the foot of the Bowland hills t ...
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
Poulton-le-Fylde
Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,264. There is evidence of human habitation ...
. It joins the
River Wyre
The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) in length. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site and has a sheltered estuary ...
at Stanah, shortly after merging with another watercourse to the northwest of Flint's Caravan Park.
It has the ability to be pumped at high tide by a
pumping station
Pumping stations, also called pumphouses in situations such as well drilling, drilled wells and drinking water, are facilities containing pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. They are used for a variety of infrastru ...
on River Road, beside the entrance to
Wyre Estuary Country Park
Wyre Estuary Country Park is located in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, England. Established in 1991The Rivers Trust and Wyre Rivers Trust.
A wetland area was created within the former site of ICI Hillhouse in Thornton. of water can now be stored there, allowing capacity during periods of heavy rainfall and providing habitats for wildlife. Hillylaid Pool was straightened in the 1970s, leaving a stagnant
paleochannel
A palaeochannel, also spelt paleochannel and also known as palaeovalley or palaeoriver, is a geological term describing a remnant of an inactive river or stream channel that has been filled or buried by younger sediment. The sediments that the ...
; this project reconnected the old channel to the existing watercourse.
Gallery
File:Slipway at Stannah Country Park - geograph.org.uk - 1157523.jpg, Boats are launched into the final few yards of Hillylaid Pool at Wyre Estuary Country Park
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enha ...
Wyre Council
Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 census was 107,749. The district borders the unitary authority area of Blackpool as well as the dist ...