Baguley Brook

Baguley Brook is a body of water in Baguley, Manchester. It starts at the south-east, near to Martinscroft Tram Stop and runs to the north-west, through Wythenshawe Park and across Brooklands Road until it meets with Fairywell Brook to become Sinderland Brook (running into Timperley).

As a 'watercourse', the owners of the land that Baguley Brook runs through (known as the riparian landowners) are individually responsible for maintaining the brook and ensuring it doesn't become blocked or polluted. The Environment Agency does not have any responsibility as they typically maintain larger water bodies such as rivers.

History

Baguley Brook is seen running freely through the Baguley area as early as about 1839,^[1] but it certainly existed long before this.

While the brook was essentially uninterrupted in the early 1800s, in modern-day the urbanisation of Baguley has resulted in the brook being heavily modified and adapted, often running underneath residential streets.

Sources

1. Cheshire Tithe Map, Baguley (c. 1839) ↩