It flows south from there to Westtown, where Goose Creek enters and the former West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad (now owned by SEPTA) runs alongside it.
The stream runs easterly about two miles, then turns south and passes a large stone quarry at Glen Mills.
From here to Chester Heights, the creek is paralleled by the abandoned right-of-way of the Octoraro Branch, damaged in flooding from Hurricane Agnes in 1972.
The creek loops southward in a deep gorge to skirt the "Heights" and comes north to meet the East Branch below Lenni.
While all streams and rivers in Pennsylvania natively boasted a presence of Brook Trout, only Chester Creek still most-likely holds this feat.