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 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) |