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.

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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 the Chorley Waterworks Act 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 Heath Charnock.

Healey Nab

Locality

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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.

Heath Charnock

Village

Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heath Charnock is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 2,065, reducing to 2,026 at the 2011 Census.

Chorley

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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.

Anglezarke Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Description: reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK
Category: body of water
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6463° or 53° 38′ 47″ north

Longitude

-2.58077° or 2° 34′ 51″ west

Elevation

614 feet (187 metres)

Open location code

9C5VJCW9+GM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4599839

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

2657309

Wikidata 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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