title: Chicheley Brook
text: # Chicheley Brook
  
  52°05′20″N 0°42′30″W﻿ / ﻿52.088889°N 0.708333°W﻿ / 52.088889; -0.708333
  
  Chicheley Brook – formerly known by the alternative name Tickford Brook – is a 14.11 km (8.77 mi) long river in Buckinghamshire, England, that is a tributary to the River Great Ouse. Located entirely in the City of Milton Keynes, the river rises near the village of Cranfield, flows north-west around North Crawley then turns west before Hardmead; it then follows a southerly course past Chicheley for 1.90 km (1.18 mi) before resuming its westerly course and flowing into the River Great Ouse near Newport Pagnell.
  
  ## Water quality
  
  Water quality of Chicheley Brook in 2019, according to the Environment Agency, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
  
  | Section | Ecological Status | Chemical Status | Overall Status | Length | Catchment | Channel |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chicheley Brook | Poor | Fail | Poor | 14.116 km (8.771 mi) | 32.355 $km^2$ (12.492 sq mi) | |
  