Water levels are monitored by the '' Blackburn Brook at Sheffield Wincobank '' gauging station . The normal range for this location is between -0.02 metres and 0.42 metres . During the 2007 United Kingdom floods the level recorded by this station was 2.41 m . The brook to burst its banks at the entrance to Chapeltown Park , and where the stream flows under the A629 Cowley Lane . Many properties on Cowley Lane and Falding Street were flooded and a local schoolboy had to be rescued from fast flowing waters after falling into the stream
2007 United Kingdom floods
2007 United Kingdom floods
Blackburn Brook