Tue Brook

It flows through the suburb of West Derby and is the main tributary of the River Alt.

[1] The watercourse formed the natural drainage of the districts of Walton and Club Moor, flowing north eastwards to the Alt.

[2] Over time, as the suburbs of Liverpool grew, the brook came to receive much of the sewage of the township of West Derby, with the result that it became highly polluted.

The Tue Brook was, as a result, the subject of a court case in 1872, when an owner of land through which it ran was successful in obtaining an injunction in Chancery against polluters.

[4] Despite this, the brook is still locally reputed to feed the pond in Larkhill Gardens, Clubmoor, and has been identified as a significant source of historic flooding, as the culverts are of inadequate size and in poor condition.