Dick Brook
{{Short description|Stream in Worcestershire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
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Dick Brook is small tributary stream of the River Severn that flows through Worcestershire, England.{{cite web |url=http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?value=Dick+Brook&lang=_e&ep=map&topic=wfd_rivers&layerGroups=default&scale=9&textonly=off#x=377103&y=268517&lg=1,7,8,9,5,6,&scale=7 |work=What's in your Backyard |publisher=Environment Agency |title=Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans |accessdate=20 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194048/http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?value=Dick+Brook&lang=_e&ep=map&topic=wfd_rivers&layerGroups=default&scale=9&textonly=off#x=377103&y=268517&lg=1,7,8,9,5,6,&scale=7 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
The brook is formed from two small unnamed streams that converge at Joan’s Hole to the west of Dunley. The longest of these streams drains the area around Rock, with a source near Clows Top. From Joan’s Hole the named brook flows generally south-east for a total distance of {{convert| 7.5|km|mi|order=flip}}. At the edge of the village of Astley it was dammed to power Priors Mill, and then to the south of the village, at New Bridge it is crossed by a packhorse bridge, below the monastery at Glasshampton. To the north of Noutard's Green it passes beneath Glazen Bridge (B4196), and along the northern edge of Shrawley wood, until it joins the River Severn.{{cite web| url = http://astleyanddunley.org.uk/ |work= Astley and Dunley Parish | title= Our Locality-About Us |publisher= astleyanddunley.org.uk | accessdate= 20 June 2014}}
The drainage basin for the brook, which lies between that of the Gladder Brook to the north, and that of the Shrawley Brook to the south, has an area of {{convert|38|km2|mi2}}.
A very short section of Dick Brook was canalized about 1717 to enable small boats to travel up stream from the River Severn to Astley Forge. Two flash locks were constructed and the date 1717 is visible on one of these lock chambers.{{cite book|author=Ray Shill|title=Silent Highways: The Forgotten Heritage of the Midlands Canals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgLWbwAACAAJ|date=1 March 2011|publisher=History Press Limited|isbn=978-0-7524-5842-7|page=15}}
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Category:Tributaries of the River Severn