The Glaze Brook, or River Glaze, is a minor river in 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 part ...

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, England. From Hope Carr (just inside

Leigh Leigh may refer to: Places In England Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan ** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) * Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced : * Leigh, Dorset * Leigh, Gloucestershire * Leigh, Kent * Leigh, Staf ...

) to the

it forms the county boundary with

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

. It is about long and its main tributaries are the Astley, Bedford, Hey, Pennington, Shaw and Westleigh Brooks. Pennington Brook starts at the outflow of Pennington Flash close to Aspull Common. Pennington Flash is fed by Hey Brook, a continuation of Borsdane Brook, which runs southwards from

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. Glaze Brook originates at the confluence of Pennington Brook and Moss Brook, approximately 120 m north of Hawkhurst Bridge. After picking up the waters of Bedford Brook, which runs southward from Leigh and the Black or Moss Brook coming west from

Worsley Worsley () is a village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, which in 2014 had a population of 10,090. It lies along Worsley Brook, west of Manchester. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county ...

via

Chat Moss Chat Moss is a large area of peat bog that makes up part of the City of Salford, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. It also makes up part of Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside and Warrington ...

, the brook turns southward, ultimately draining into the

section of the

Manchester Ship Canal The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the Mersey Estuary at Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it generally follows the original routes of the river ...

near

Cadishead Cadishead is a village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 10,739 in 2014. Within the historic county of Lancashire. History The earliest record of Cadishead date to 1212, and show that the whole of Cad ...

. The Glaze Brook's catchment drains the flat lowland around Leigh which reaches a maximum altitude of 158 mAOD. The brook flows through largely agricultural land. Its tributaries extend into former mining and industrial areas in which mining subsidence has created flashes (lakes) at Pennington and Westleigh. The underlying geology is the sandstone and coal measures of the

Lancashire Coalfield The Lancashire Coalfield in North West England was an important British coalfield. Its coal seams were formed from the vegetation of tropical swampy forests in the Carboniferous period over 300 million years ago. The Romans may have been the fir ...

Tributaries

* Willow Brook * Jibcroft Brook * Carr Brook * Black/Moss Brook ** Bedford Brook *** Lilford Park Brook **** Atherton Lake Brook ***** Atherton Brook ****** Collier Brook ***** Hindsford Brook ****** Shakerley Brook ******* Old Mill Brook ******** Cutacre Brook ****** Chanters Brook ******* Carr Brook *** Pen Leach Brook ** Town Brook *** Astley Brook **** Elennor Brook ***** Honksford Brook ** Whitehead Brook *** Stirrup Brook **** Ellen Brook ** Shaw Brook * Pennington Brook ** Hey Brook *** Westleigh Brook **** Small Brook **** Marsh Brook ***** Cunningham Brook ****** Pennington Brook **** Hall Lee Brook *** Windy Bank Brook *** Nan Holes Brook *** Coffin Lane Brook *** Borsdane Brook **** Dog Pool Brook

References

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