{{Short description|Waterway on the Fylde, Lancashire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Main Dyke''' is a water channel running through the Fylde area of Lancashire, England. It is an outflow of the largely drained Marton Mere, Blackpool,<ref>{{coord|53.8093|-2.9990|display=inline|region:GB_scale:5000}}</ref> though Marton Mere originally released its waters via Spen Brook in the opposite direction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-29 |title=Blackpool History |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~stephen.yarwood/Blackpool_history.htm |access-date=2024-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121306/http://www.btinternet.com/~stephen.yarwood/Blackpool_history.htm |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}</ref>
The Main Dyke joins the River Wyre at Skippool,<ref>{{coord|53.8620|-2.9767|display=inline|region:GB_scale:5000}}</ref> appearing to follow the course of an earlier "Skippon River" (named as such on John Speed's map of the county).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Lancashire County Council |url=https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/speed/speed.jpg/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724205802/https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/speed/speed.jpg/ |archive-date=24 July 2023 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Borough of Fylde}}
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Category:Rivers of the Borough of Fylde Category:The Fylde 1Main
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