Micker Brook is a
tributary
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of the
River Mersey
The River Mersey () is in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it has formed par ...
in
North West England.
Known early in its course as Bollinhurst Brook and Norbury Brook, then Lady Brook,
Poynton Walk 3 - Poynton Coppice and Macclesfield Canal
, Poynton Village Community Website. Retrieved 12 March 2008. the river runs along the Ladybrook Valley westward and northward through Hazel Grove, Bramhall
Bramhall is a suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it had a population of 17,436 at the 2011 Census.Bramhall South and Bramhall North Wards
History
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and Cheadle. It joins the River Mersey
The River Mersey () is in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it has formed par ...
not far from the M60 motorway
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near to Cheadle Village, Stockport.
Course
Beginning as Bollinhurst Brook, the Brook flows down from the hills between Disley and Whaley Bridge
Whaley Bridge () is a town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It is situated on the River Goyt, south-east of Manchester, north of Buxton, north-east of Macclesfield and west of Sheffield. It had a population ...
where it feeds Bollinhurst Reservoir and Horse Copice Reservoir respectively. The Brook then flows between High Lane and Higher Poynton where it passes under an aqueduct carrying the Macclesfield Canal. At this point the Brook becomes Norbury Brook, it then passes close to Poynton Lake where it is joined by Poynton Brook and becomes Lady Brook.
Lady Brook then proceeds to flow westward through the settlements of Bramhall
Bramhall is a suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it had a population of 17,436 at the 2011 Census.Bramhall South and Bramhall North Wards
History
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, Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle Hulme () is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England,. Historically in Cheshire, it is south-west of Stockport and south-east of Manchester. It lies in the Ladybrook Valley, on the Cheshire Pla ...
and Cheadle Village where it is finally known as Micker Brook. It then flows past the Alexandra Hospital where it flows under the M60 motorway and is then joined by Chorlton Brook. The Brook then joins the River Mersey
The River Mersey () is in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it has formed par ...
, which itself drains into the Irish Sea
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.
References
Rivers of Cheshire
Rivers of Greater Manchester
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