Micker Brook is a tributary of the River Mersey in

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. Known early in its course as Bollinhurst Brook and Norbury Brook, then Lady Brook,Poynton Walk 3 - Poynton Coppice and Macclesfield Canal
, Poynton Village Community Website. Retrieved 12 March 2008. the river runs along the

Ladybrook Valley The Ladybrook Valley begins in the English Peak District and runs through Stockport. In its course the brook falls . At various points it is called Bollinhurst Brook, Norbury Brook, Bramhall Brook, the Ladybrook and the Mickerbrook. The valley ...

westward and northward through

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, Bramhall and Cheadle. It joins the River Mersey not far from the M60 motorway near to Cheadle Village,

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

Course

Beginning as Bollinhurst Brook, the Brook flows down from the hills between

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and Whaley Bridge where it feeds Bollinhurst Reservoir and Horse Copice Reservoir respectively. The Brook then flows between High Lane and Higher Poynton where it passes under an aqueduct carrying the

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. At this point the Brook becomes Norbury Brook, it then passes close to Poynton Lake where it is joined by Poynton Brook and becomes Lady Brook. Lady Brook then proceeds to flow westward through the settlements of Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme and Cheadle Village where it is finally known as Micker Brook. It then flows past the Alexandra Hospital where it flows under the M60 motorway and is then joined by Chorlton Brook. The Brook then joins the River Mersey, which itself drains into the Irish Sea.

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