Red Brook is a minor river in
Greater Manchester
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in
North West England
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.
Rising at the confluence of Caldwell Brook and Sinderland Brook at Covershaw Bridge near Sinderland Green, the river runs north west towards
Partington
Partington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is sited south-west of Manchester city centre. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Ches ...
, where it runs into the
Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West England, North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary at Eastham, Merseyside, Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it ...
opposite the mouth of
Glaze Brook.
Caldwell Brook
Caldwell Brook runs northwards to Covershaw Bridge, draining the
Civil Parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Dunham Massey.
Sinderland Brook
Sinderland Brook runs westwards from
Sale.
References
Rivers of Greater Manchester
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