Valehouse Reservoir
Valehouse Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was built between 1865 and 1869 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs, which was built to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester, while maintaining a constant flow into the river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bottoms Reservoir and Rhodeswood Reservoir.
Bottoms Reservoir
Reservoir
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Bottoms Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed between 1865 and 1877, by John Frederick Bateman as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
Rhodeswood Reservoir
Reservoir
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Rhodeswood Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1849 and June 1855 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Padfield and Tintwistle.
Padfield
Village
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Padfield is a small village near Hadfield in High Peak, Derbyshire, England. The village is on the west side of the Peak District National Park, and the nearest town is Glossop, where many local amenities and services are based.
Tintwistle
Village
Tintwistle is a village and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, which had a population of 1,400 at the 2011 census. The village is just north of Glossop at the lower end of Longdendale Valley.
Hadfield
Town
Hadfield is a town in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England; it had a population of 6,763 at the 2021 Census. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, near to the border with Greater Manchester, at the western edge of the Peak District and close to Glossop.
Valehouse 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
53.47581° or 53° 28′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.94515° or 1° 56′ 43″ westElevation
525 feet (160 metres)Open location code
9C5WF3G3+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 20363460OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2635029Wikidata ID
Q7338081
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Valehouse Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Valehouse Reservoir”
- French: “Valehouse Reservoir”
- Swedish: “Valehouse Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Valehouse Wood and Tintwistle Low Moor.
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