River Roch - wikipedia River Roch River Roch Flowing in front of Rochdale Interchange and Number One Riverside Country England Districts Littleborough, Rochdale, Heywood, Bury Tributaries - left Tack Lee Brook, Naden Brook, River Spodden, Hey Brook, Ash Brook, Featherstall Brook, Town House Brook - right Parr Brook, Hollins Brook, Wrigley Brook, Millers Brook, Sudden Brook, Moss Brook, Stanney Brook, River Beal, Ealees Brook, Greenvale Brook, Chelburn Brook Source - location Chelburn Moor Mouth - location River Irwell, Radcliffe - coordinates 53 ° 33 ′ 43.95 '' N 2 ° 18 ′ 2.65 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 53.5622083 ° N 2.3007361 ° W ﻿ / 53.5622083 ; - 2.3007361 Coordinates : 53 ° 33 ′ 43.95 '' N 2 ° 18 ′ 2.65 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 53.5622083 ° N 2.3007361 ° W ﻿ / 53.5622083 ; - 2.3007361 River Roch Legend Chelburn Moor Light Hazzles Brook Chelburn Brook Rochdale Canal Roch Aqueduct over Calder Valley line Reddyshore Brow Greenvale Brook Town House Brook Halifax Road ( A58 ) Ealees Brook Railway Street Cutland Way Featherstall Brook Smithy Bridge Road ( B6225 ) Clegg Hall Road Ash Brook River Beal Albert Royds Street ( A664 ) Belfield Road Stanney Brook Hey Brook Moss Brook ( Culvert ) Molesworth Street ( A671 ) Smith Street ( B6266 ) Yorkshire Street The Esplanade ( B6266 ) St Marys Gate ( A58 ) To College Road River Spodden Mellor Street ( A6060 ) Half Acre Bridge / Roch Valley Way ( B6452 ) Sudden Brook Crimble Lane Millers Brook Queens Park Road Bamford Road Naden Brook Wrigley Brook ( Culvert ) Bottom O'Th'Brow Tack Lee Brook Heap Bridge / Bury New Road ( A58 ) M66 motorway Waterfold Business Park East Lancashire Railway Water Farm Hollins Brook Blackford Bridge / Manchester Road ( A56 ) Parr Brook River Irwell The River Roch / ˈroʊtʃ / is a river in Greater Manchester in North West England, a tributary of the River Irwell that gives Rochdale its name. Contents 1 Course 2 History 3 Tributaries 4 Gallery 5 References Course Rising on Chelburn Moor ( south of Todmorden in the Pennines ), the river flows south through Littleborough towards Rochdale where it is joined by the River Beal at Belfield, and the River Spodden from Whitworth. Turning west it runs past Heywood and Bury before meeting the River Irwell just to the east of Radcliffe. History The Domesday Book records the name of Rochdale as Recedham, formed from Old English reced `` hall '', and ham `` homestead ''. The name of the river is a back - formation from this Old English name. With time, the town 's name changed to Rachedale and eventually Rochdale. The name of the river Roch is / ˈroʊtʃ /, with a long o. The name of the town, however, is pronounced / ˈrɒtʃdeɪl /, with a short o. The river has been culverted in Rochdale town centre since the early 20th century. This was built by the joining together of seven bridges to form one large bridge, making it one of the widest bridges in the world. Maintenance work was carried out on the bridge in the 1990s and the river was uncovered temporarily. In 2015 work began on opening the bridge again in a multimillion - pound project. On Boxing Day 2015, following heavy rain, the Roch burst its banks causing flooding in the town centre. Tributaries Moving upstream from the Irwell confluence, the tributaries include the following : Parr Brook Hollins Brook Gigg Brook Barn Brook Green Brook Gipsy Brook Tack Lee Brook Wrigley Brook Naden Brook Plumpton Wood Brook Millers Brook Primrose Hill Brook Sudden Brook River Spodden Moss Brook Hey Brook Stanney Brook River Beal Ash Brook Clegg Hall Brook Wuerdle Brook Stubley Brook Featherstall Brook Ealees Brook Town House Brook Greenvale Brook Chelburn Brook Gallery The source on Chelburn Moor Aqueduct across the Caldervale Railway Looking downstream from Smallbridge Confluence of River Beal Flowing under one of the world 's widest bridges Rochdale town centre section uncovered during bridge works in the 1990s Confluence of River Spodden Upstream from Bottom o ' th ' Brow, Heywood Confluence with River Irwell References Jump up ^ Mills, A.D. : A Dictionary of English Place Names, 2nd Edition, page 289, s.n. Rochdale. Oxford University Press, 1998 Jump up ^ Link4Life Covering the River Roch in Rochdale Provider of arts, sport and heritage development work in the Rochdale area Jump up ^ `` Hidden medieval bridge reopens ''. BBC News. 2016 - 06 - 14. Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 09. Jump up ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35181139 Jump up ^ http://pad-planning.bury.gov.uk/DocExplorer/356/00/05/04/00050415.pdf Next confluence upstream River Irwell Next confluence downstream Woodhill / Kirklees Brook ( West ) River Roch River Croal ( West ) Ceremonial county of Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Portal Statutory City Region Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Statutory City Region Mayor of Greater Manchester Metropolitan districts City of Manchester City of Salford Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Metropolitan Borough of Bury Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Metropolitan Borough of Tameside Metropolitan Borough of Trafford Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Major settlements Altrincham Ashton - in - Makerfield ( part ) Ashton - under - Lyne Atherton Audenshaw Blackrod Bolton Bredbury Bury Chadderton Clifton Denton Droylsden Dukinfield Eccles Failsworth Farnworth Golborne Heywood Hindley Horwich Hyde Kearsley Leigh Littleborough Manchester Marple Middleton Milnrow Mossley Oldham Partington Pendlebury Prestwich Radcliffe Ramsbottom Rochdale Royton Sale Salford Shaw Stalybridge Standish Stockport Stretford Swinton Tyldesley Urmston Walkden Westhoughton Whitefield Wigan Worsley See also : List of civil parishes in Greater Manchester Rivers Beal Bollin Croal Dean Brook Douglas Etherow Goyt Irk Irwell Medlock Mersey Roch Spodden Tame Tib Tonge Topics Parliamentary constituencies and Members of Parliament Crime Cycling Demography People Public art Schools Geography Places Population of major settlements Castles Churches Flag Football clubs Grade I listed buildings Grade II * listed buildings Mills Scheduled monuments SSSIs History Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Museums Places of interest Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River_Roch&oldid=833085799 '' Categories : Rivers of Greater Manchester Rivers of Rochdale Borough Rivers of Bury Borough Irwell catchment Roch catchment Hidden categories : Coordinates on Wikidata Geobox usage tracking for river type Talk Contents About Wikipedia Cebuano Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 29 March 2018, at 15 : 56. 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Question: where does the river roch begin and end
Answer: Chelburn Moor