The Silver Burn is a small river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 on the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

 which rises near the South Barrule

South Barrule

South Barrule is a hill in the south of the Isle of Man. It has the remains of a fort on its summit, which is believed to be the home of the Manx god of the sea Mannanan beg mac y Leir, and is largely surrounded by plantations. On the south western slope of the hill the Cringle reservoir was...

 and flows under the Monks' Bridge at Ballasalla

Ballasalla

Ballasalla is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man, close to the town of Castletown. The village was built mostly from the ruins of the nearby Rushen Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century and dissolved in the 16th century.-Governance:The local...

, reaching the sea at Castletown harbour. The burn runs through the attractively wooded Silverdale Glen, a site which the Manx National Trust acquired in 1966. It is joined by the Awin Ruy, a small left-bank tributary, immediately north of Ballasalla.