Monks Brook

Monks Brook
Monks Brook flowing through Chandler's Ford
Monks Brook is located in Hampshire
Monks Brook
Location of the mouth of Monks Brook
Location
CountryEngland
CountiesHampshire
Physical characteristics
SourceBucket's Corner
 • locationHampshire, England
 • coordinates50°59′22″N 01°25′30″W / 50.98944°N 1.42500°W / 50.98944; -1.42500
Mouth 
 • location
Swaythling (flows into River Itchen), Hampshire, England
 • coordinates
50°56′08″N 01°22′33″W / 50.93556°N 1.37583°W / 50.93556; -1.37583
Basin size49 km2 (19 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average0.25 m3/s (8.8 cu ft/s)[2]

Monks Brook is a river in the English county of Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Itchen,[3] which it joins at a medieval salmon pool in Swaythling.[1] The brook is formed from seven streams that rise in the chalky South Downs, with the official source of Monks Brook being known as Bucket's Corner.[4] Monks Brook drains a clay catchment of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi).[1] The brook is designated a main river, which means the operating authority for managing it is the Environment Agency, not the local government authorities for the areas through which the river runs.[5]

Monks Brook pub

The brook has given its name to a pub,[6] a street in the town of Eastleigh,[7] a junior football team[8] and a petrol station[9] among other things.

In 2007, a 250 metres (820 feet) stretch of a tributary to the brook that had been culverted in the 1970s to make way for a golf course was uncovered as part of a £2.5 million community regeneration project.[10]

  1. ^ a b c "The River Itchen" (PDF). Fact Files. Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  2. ^ "42018 – Monks Brook at Stoneham Lane". The National River Flow Archive. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Monks Brook". Old Hampshire Gazetteer. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  4. ^ Robert, Garnham (Spring 2005). "The Siting of Zionshill Copse Iron Age Enclosure". Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society Newsletter. Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  5. ^ "Policy Statement on Flood and Coastal Defence". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  6. ^ "Monks Brook in Eastleigh". touchlocal.com. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  7. ^ "Monks Brook Close, Eastleigh". locallife. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Soccer Weekend – Monks Brook". Soccer Weekend. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  9. ^ "Monks Brook S/Station, Passfield Avenue, Eastleigh, Southampton, Hants". Forecourt Trader. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference ebc-trib was invoked but never defined (see the help page).