Woodhead Reservoir
Woodhead reservoir is a man-made lake near the hamlet of Woodhead in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1847 and June 1877 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Siobhan Brennan-Raymond, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torside Reservoir and Bleaklow.
Torside Reservoir
Reservoir
Torside Reservoir is the largest man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between April 1849 and July 1864 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
Bleaklow
Peak
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bleaklow is a high, largely peat-covered, gritstone moorland in the Derbyshire High Peak near the town of Glossop. It is north of Kinder Scout, across the Snake Pass, and south of the A628 Woodhead Pass.
Britland Edge Hill
Peak
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Britland Edge Hill is a hill, 523 metres high, in the Peak District in England. It is located on the border of Derbyshire and West Yorkshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crowden-in-Longdendale and Woodhead.
Crowden-in-Longdendale
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crowden-in-Longdendale is a small and isolated village in the upland valley of Longdendale in Derbyshire. Crowden's main interest to travellers is as the traditional first-night stop on the northbound Pennine Way.
Woodhead
Locality
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodhead is a small and scattered settlement at the head of the Longdendale valley in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the trans-Pennine A628 road connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire, 6 miles north of Glossop, 19 miles east of Manchester and 18 miles west of Barnsley.
Holme
Village
Photo: Richard Harvey, CC BY 2.5.
Holme is a village in the Holme Valley civil parish of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. The village straddles the A6024 road between Holmbridge and Lane village, 2.5 miles south-west of Holmfirth.
Woodhead Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.49538° or 53° 29′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.86358° or 1° 51′ 49″ westElevation
1,529 feet (466 metres)Open location code
9C5WF4WP+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 8598549OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2633645Wikidata ID
Q7338066
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Woodhead Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Woodhead Reservoir (tubiganan sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Woodhead Reservoir”
- French: “Woodhead Reservoir”
- Swedish: “Woodhead Reservoir”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Woodhead Reservoir”. Photo: Siobhan Brennan-Raymond, CC BY 2.0.