 It is joined by Guy Syke at the Greenfield Bridge and passes the town's sewage works as it leaves, shortly afterwards collecting Wanless Water and then Swinden Clough just before it passes under the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.It joins Pendle Water at the Lowerford part of Barrowford, just after the M65 motorway bridge.The name Colne possibly originates from the ancient British language, but the meaning is uncertain.