# Main Dyke

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{{Short description|Waterway on the Fylde, Lancashire, England}}
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'''Main Dyke''' is a water channel running through [the Fylde](/source/the_Fylde) area of [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England. It is an outflow of the largely drained [Marton Mere](/source/Marton_Mere),  [Blackpool](/source/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](/source/River_Wyre) at [Skippool](/source/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](/source/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>

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Category:Rivers of the Borough of Fylde
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