It heads westward through Tameside, Manchester, Trafford it starts underground in Droylsden before running by Gorton Reservoir it then comes in and out of culverts before eventually changing name to the Platt Brook upon reaching Platt Fields Park it then becomes the Chorlton Brook when it joins with the Shaw Brook (or Red Lion Brook), and after passing north of Chorltonville it flows through Chorlton Ees into the River Mersey upstream of Sale Water Park.

Chorlton Ees is an area of floodplain on the right bank of the Mersey once used as water meadow and pasture.

In the 19th century it became an area of waste disposal and the Withington Sewage Farm was established on part of the site of which remains may still be seen.

The tendency for housing to be needed for an expanding population led to Chorltonville and other much smaller plots encroaching on the meadowland.

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