Chorlton Water Park Local Nature Reserve

The Gore Brook is a stream in Greater Manchester, England. It heads westward through Tameside, Manchester, Trafford it starts underground in Droylsden before running by Gorton Reservoir it then comes in and out of culverts before eventually changing name to the Platt Brook upon reaching Platt Fields Park it then becomes the Chorlton Brook when it joins with the Shaw Brook (or Red Lion Brook), and after passing north of Chorltonville it flows through Chorlton Ees into the River Mersey upstream of Sale Water Park. The Chorlton Brook separated the settlements of Hardy (to the south) and Chorlton (to the north). Chorlton Ees is an area of floodplain on the right bank of the Mersey once used as water meadow and pasture. Gradually flood control measures were developed to reduce the disruption caused by periodic floods (e.g. the stone weir further down the course). In the 19th century it became an area of waste disposal and the Withington Sewage Farm was established on part of the site of whi

Location

Manchester