Anglezarke Reservoir
Anglezarke Reservoir is the largest reservoir in the Rivington chain to the west of Anglezarke in Lancashire, England. Anglezarke Reservoir has three embankments: the Charnock Embankment, the longest, is 850 yards long and 31 feet high, the Knowsley Embankment is 240 yards long and 45 feet high and the Heapey Embankment is 280 feet long and 32 feet high.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include High Bullough Reservoir and Yarrow Reservoir.
High Bullough Reservoir
Reservoir
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High Bullough Reservoir is the oldest of all the reservoirs in the Rivington chain, having been authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained in 1846 and completed in 1850.
Yarrow Reservoir
Reservoir
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Yarrow Reservoir – named after the River Yarrow – is a reservoir in the Rivington chain in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second to Anglezarke Reservoir.
Pikestones
Tomb
Pikestones is the remains of a Neolithic Burial Cairn, located on Anglezarke moor in Lancashire, England. The site is approximately 150 feet long and 60 feet across at its widest point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Healey Nab and Chorley.
Healey Nab
Locality
Photo: Karl1587, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Healey Nab or "The Nab" is an area of countryside owned partly by Lancashire County Council containing rolling hills, moorland, woodland, ponds and streams to the east of Chorley, Lancashire, between the M61 and the West Pennine Moors.
Chorley
Photo: jim walton, CC BY 3.0.
Chorley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Pennine Moors. Chorley describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.
Astley Village
Hamlet
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Astley Village is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, covering a suburb of Chorley. According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,005.
Anglezarke Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.6463° or 53° 38′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.58077° or 2° 34′ 51″ westElevation
614 feet (187 metres)Open location code
9C5VJCW9+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 4599839OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2657309Wikidata ID
Q4763409
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Anglezarke Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Anglezarke Reservoir”
- French: “Anglezarke Reservoir”
- German: “Anglezarke Reservoir”
- Swedish: “Anglezarke Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jepson’s Gate and Limbrick.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Viewpoint and Angelzarke Quarry (disused).
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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 “Anglezarke Reservoir”. Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.