River Conder

River Conder
River Conder near Ellel
Location of the mouth within Lancashire
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Part	England
County	Lancashire
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Lune estuary
• coordinates	53°59′57.5″N 2°50′0″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".

See also

• Conder Bridge

Notes

1. Conder Valley, near Lancaster, Ministry of Information. Retrieved 12 September 2006.
2. Self, John (2008). The Land of the Lune. Drakkar Press Limited.