12 Facts About River Mersey

River Mersey is a river in the North West of England.

The Mersey Ferry operates between Pier Head in Liverpool and Woodside in Birkenhead and Seacombe, and has become a tourist attraction offering cruises that provide an overview of the river and surrounding areas.

Water quality in the River Mersey was severely affected by industrialisation, and in 1985, the River Mersey Basin Campaign was established to improve water quality and encourage waterside regeneration.

The Mersey was possibly the 'border river' between Mercia and Northumbria.

The modern accepted start of the River Mersey is at the confluence of the Tame and Goyt, in central Stockport, Greater Manchester.

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The old course of the Mersey has been obliterated by the canal past Hollins Green to Rixton although the old river bed can be seen outside Irlam and at Warburton.

At Rixton the River Bollin enters the canal from the south and the Mersey leaves the canal to the north, meandering through Woolston, where the ship canal company's dredgings have formed the Woolston Eyes nature reserve, and on to Warrington.

River Mersey Railway completed its tunnel through the estuary's underlying Triassic sandstone using manual labour in 1885.

Water quality in the River Mersey was severely affected by industrialisation, and in 1985, the River Mersey Basin Campaign was established to improve water quality and encourage waterside regeneration.

Persistent organic and mercury pollution contained within sediments of the River Mersey estuary have been evaluated by British Geological Survey.

The distribution of individual PAH compounds suggests that the River Mersey has contaminants mainly derived from combustion sources such as vehicle exhaust as well as coal burning.

River Mersey has faced problems regarding the poaching of fish despite a strict 'catch and release' policy imposed on anglers for ecological reasons which applies to most UK waterways.