Torside 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhodeswood Reservoir and Woodhead Reservoir.
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.
Woodhead Reservoir
Reservoir
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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.
Valehouse Reservoir
Reservoir
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crowden-in-Longdendale and Padfield.
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.
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.
Old Glossop
Suburb
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Glossop is a village and the original part of the town of Glossop in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, England, about 15 miles east of Manchester and 23 miles west of Sheffield.
Torside 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
53.48459° or 53° 29′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.90231° or 1° 54′ 8″ westElevation
656 feet (200 metres)Open location code
9C5WF3MX+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 8598540OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2635627Wikidata ID
Q7338071
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Torside Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Torside Reservoir”
- French: “Torside Reservoir”
- Swedish: “Torside Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Torside Naze and White Mare.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tinsel School Wood and Torside Bridge.
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