Chicheley Brook
52°05′20″N 0°42′30″W / 52.088889°N 0.708333°W
Chicheley Brook – formerly known by the alternative name Tickford Brook[1] – is a 14.11 km (8.77 mi) long river in Buckinghamshire, England, that is a tributary to the River Great Ouse.[2][3] Located entirely in the City of Milton Keynes, the river rises near the village of Cranfield, flows north-west around North Crawley then turns west before Hardmead; it then follows a southerly course past Chicheley[4] for 1.90 km (1.18 mi) before resuming its westerly course and flowing into the River Great Ouse near Newport Pagnell.[2]
Water quality
[edit]Water quality of Chicheley Brook in 2019, according to the Environment Agency, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
| Section | Ecological Status |
Chemical Status |
Overall Status |
Length | Catchment | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicheley Brook[5] | Poor | Fail | Poor | 14.116 km (8.771 mi) | 32.355 km2 (12.492 sq mi) |
References
[edit]- ^ Bull, Frederick William (1900) "A History of Newport Pagnell". W. E. & J. Goss. p. 77. – via the Internet Archive. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ a b Farrar, C. F. (1969). "Ouse's Silent Tide". S.R. Publishers. p. 35. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Chicheley Brook. LandscapeBritain.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Chibnall, A. C. (1965) "Sherington Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village". Cambridge University Press. p. 116. Retrieved 15 October 2021. ISBN 9780521046374
- ^ "Chicheley Brook". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency.