Maghull Brook

{{Short description|River in Merseyside, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

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Maghull Brook is a minor river (brook) in Merseyside, England, that is a tributary to the River Alt in the Alt catchment.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SaZFAAAAcAAJ|title=From the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third to the Twentieth Reign King George the Third|journal=Statutes at Large|year=1780|volume=13|issue=1|page=363|access-date=15 August 2022}} Located entirely in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Maghull Brook forms the boundary between the civil parishes of Maghull and Lydiate.{{cite web|url=https://tonyrobertson.mycouncillor.org.uk/tag/local-government-boundaries/|last=Robertson|first=Tony|title=Great divides? Community boundaries – Mean a lot, mean a little?|date=16 February 2017|work=Sefton Focus|access-date=15 August 2022}}

Rising from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the brook flows a westerly course until reaching a neighbourhood, Mercer Court, near Bell's Lane, when it flows south. After about 0.45 km (0.27 mi), it resumes its westerly course and flows into the River Alt.{{cite map|url=https://www.sefton.gov.uk/media/2110/2-lydiate-neighbourbourhood-plan-area-april-2018-submission-map.pdf|title=Lydiate Parish Boundary and Neighbourhood Plan Area|date=November 2017|publisher=Sefton Council|access-date=15 August 2022}}{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Maghull+Brook/@53.5219679,-2.964632,466m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487b23291cb16c79:0x1961b01f216a1d1f!8m2!3d53.5190919!4d-2.9639283|title=Maghull Brook|access-date=15 August 2022}}