Hollingworth Lake
Hollingworth Lake is a 130-acre reservoir at Smithy Bridge in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England. It was originally built as the main water source for the Rochdale Canal, but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Smithy Bridge railway station and Littleborough railway station.
Smithy Bridge railway station
Railway station
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smithy Bridge and Littleborough.
Hollingworth Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.63022° or 53° 37′ 49″ north
Longitude
-2.09647° or 2° 5′ 47″ west
Elevation
623 feet (190 metres)
Open location code
9C5VJWJ3+3C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hollingworth Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hollingworth Lake (lanaw sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Hollingworth Lake”
- Dutch: “Hollingworth Lake”
- Esperanto: “Hollingworth”
- French: “Hollingworth Lake”
- Japanese: “ホリングワース湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hollingworth Lake”
- Swedish: “Hollingworth Lake”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rakewood and Dearnley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club and Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club.
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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.
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