The
River Asker is a small river in
West Dorset,
England. It rises on the
chalk slopes of
Eggardon Hill, approximately east of
Bridport. It flows westnorthwest through the villages of
Askerswell (to which it gives its name),
Uploders (where many cottages have gardens backing onto the river) and
Loders. Here it heads west towards
Bradpole, where it is joined by the small Mangerton River flowing in from the north. It then flows southwest into Bridport, passing underneath the
A3066 and B3162 roads in the town. In this section there are
weirs and
fish ladders. South of the B3162, between Bridport and
Bothenhampton, the river also forms the western boundary of the Askers Meadow Nature Reserve, which was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2004. The river then flows under the B3157 road and joins the
River Brit beside Palmers Brewery in the south of the town.