Manor Park River Engineering Works, Glossop

Client: High Peak Borough Council
Consultant:  White, Young, Green
Value: £154,000

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The Shelf Brook running through Manor Park feeds directly off the Pennines to the east of Glossop. Our client is in the process of reinstating and repairing the Edwardian river walls and weirs as well as stabilizing the bed of the brook.

Retaining wall under construction with flow

Retaining wall under construction with flow
control measures in place

The completed retaining wall

The completed retaining wall

The Shelf Brook after heavy rain upstream in The Pennines

The Shelf Brook after heavy rain upstream in The
Pennines

Brook channelled to allow wall repairs

Brook channelled to allow wall repairs

Re-profiling the bank of the brook using coir logs

Re-profiling the bank of the brook using coir logs

Re-profiling the bank of the brook using coir logs

Re-profiling the bank of the brook using
coir logs

Wall replacement with the brook channelled

Wall replacement with the brook channelled

The completed wall

The completed wall

Stabilizing the bed of the brook whilst over pumping water from the channel

Stabilizing the bed of the brook whilst over pumping
water from the channel

Stabilizing the bed of the brook whilst over pumping water from the channel

Stabilizing the bed of the brook whilst over pumping
water from the channel

The weir

The weir

Pitching to the weir

Pitching to the weir

Upstream wall replacement under flow control

Upstream wall replacement under flow control

Keeping the users of Manor Park up to date with our operations

Keeping the users of Manor Park up to date with our
operations