{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox river | name = Chad Brook | image = The Chad Lordswood School Grounds (geograph 2826502).jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Chad in the grounds of Lordswood Boys' School, near its source | source1_location = Harborne | mouth_location = Confluence with Bourne Brook | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52.4491565|-1.9157668|region:GB-BIR|display=inline,title}} | progression = Bourne—Rea—Tame—Trent—Humber—North Sea | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = England | length_km = 5.3 | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | etymology = }}
[[File:Chad Brook, Edgbaston Golf Club from Edgbaston Park Road (geograph 2827892).jpg|thumb|Chad Brook, in the grounds of Edgbaston Hall]]
The '''Chad Brook''' is a stream, or brook, wholly within Birmingham, England.<ref name="Dargue">{{cite web|last1=Dargue|first1=William|title=Chad Valley|url=https://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-c/chad-valley/|website=History of Birmingham Places A to Y|accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> It rises in the district of Harborne (formerly in Worcestershire), giving its name to the area known as Chad Valley (and thus indirectly to Chad Valley toys),<ref name="Dargue" /> and runs through the suburb of Edgbaston.
Its course follows a roughly south-easterly direction, passing through the grounds of Lordswood Boys' School and then Harborne Nature Reserve and the Grade II listed Westbourne Road Town Gardens,<ref name="HistEng">{{cite web |title=Westbourne Road Town Gardens, Birmingham - 1001375 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001375 |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref> underneath the former Harborne Railway (now a walkway), crosses the campus of the University of Birmingham and the grounds of Edgbaston Hall where it feeds Edgbaston Pool, then leading to its confluence with the Bourn Brook.<ref name="Dargue" /> From there, water flows into the Rivers Rea, Tame and Trent, then the Humber, and eventually the North Sea.
At one time, The Chad formed the boundary between the counties of Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
A water mill, called 'Over Mill'<ref>{{Coord|52|27|6|N|1|55|7|W|region:gb-BIR_type:landmark|name=Over Mill}}</ref> operated on the brook from the 16th to 19th centuries. The remains of some of its buildings are extant.<ref name="Arup">{{cite web|author1=Arup |title=Edgbaston Central Campus Development – Hybrid Planning Application Archaeological Technical Appraisal |url=https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/estates/documents/public/CampusDevelopment2012/PlanningApplication/Reports/Archaeology/BhamUniversityMasterplanTechnicalAppraisalIssue2,190312.pdf |publisher=University of Birmingham |accessdate=30 November 2017 |page=8 |date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
== Etymology ==
The origins of the name are not recorded. It may refer to Chad of Mercia, or be derived from the medieval term ''shadwell'', a 'shallow boundary brook'.<ref name="Dargue" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7771549 Chad Brook relation] on OpenStreetMap
Category:Tributaries of the River Trent Category:Geography of Birmingham, West Midlands Category:Harborne Category:Edgbaston