River Croco

It starts as lowland field drainage west of Congleton, flows along the south edge of Holmes Chapel, and joins the River Dane at Middlewich.

[5] Historical maps[6] show the source of the river to be the lowland field drainage system to the northeast of Brookhouse Green.

[7] From here, the river heads north past the hamlet of Illidge Green[8] and then northwest via Brereton Hall, where a weir and boathouse were created to the west of Saint Oswald's Church.

The river flows northwest towards Parkmill Farm, where again a weir was constructed to form Brereton Pool.

Back in Fender Wood,[11] a weir feeds a channel of water to supply a historical mill race; this watercourse follows the field boundaries, past what was Brookhouse Farm,[12] then under Pochin Way (historically the start of Lodge Lane), through Midpoint 18[13] business park and under Holmes Chapel Road, before running through the garden of the bungalow to the east of the Old Station House.