Simonswood Brook is a minor, 12-kilometre-long (7.5 mi) river (brook) in Merseyside, England, that is a tributary to the River Alt in the Alt catchment.[1] As the stream enters Kirkby, it is known as the Kirkby Brook.[2]
Course edit
Rising from Blackburn's Plantation in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Simonswood Brook flows west into the Liverpool City Region, where it proceeds to flow a northwesterly course. After flowing under the Kirkby branch line via a culvert, Simonswood Brook briefly turns west before continuing its northwesterly course through Simonswood. It then flows into the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton and turns south through Melling Mount and finally into Kirkby in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, near St Chad's Church, where it is then known as the Kirkby Brook and flows into the River Alt.[3]
Water quality edit
Water quality of the brook in 2019, according to the Environment Agency, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:[1]
| Section | Ecological Status |
Chemical Status |
Length | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simonswood Brook | Moderate | Fail | 12 km (7.5 mi) | 31.504 km2 (12.164 sq mi) |
References edit
- ^ a b "Simonswood Brook Water Body". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Kirkby Brook — PTC River Alt Monitoring Site". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ Map of Liverpool: Southport & Wigan (Map). 1:50 000. OS Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
53°28′15″N 2°54′23″W / 53.47076°N 2.90625°W