Higher Swineshaw Reservoir
Higher Swineshaw Reservoir is the highest reservoir in a series of four in the Brushes Valley above Stalybridge in Greater Manchester. It was built in the 19th century by the corporations of Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge to provide a supply of safe drinking water, one of four reservoirs authorised by the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge Waterworks Act 1864.Places of Interest
Highlights include Buckton Castle and Walkerwood Reservoir.
Buckton Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle near Carrbrook in Stalybridge, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it was surrounded by a 2.8-metre-wide stone curtain wall and a ditch 10 metres wide and 6 metres deep.
Walkerwood Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walkerwood Reservoir is a reservoir in the Brushes Valley above Stalybridge in Greater Manchester. It was built in the 19th century by the corporations of Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge to provide a supply of safe drinking water, one of four reservoirs authorised by the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge Waterworks Act 1864.
Arnfield Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arnfield Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed in 1854 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glossop and Crowden-in-Longdendale.
Glossop
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
Glossop is a town of 33,000 people on the edge of the Peak District. It lies in the county of Derbyshire, which is part of the East Midlands.
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.
Stalybridge
Town
Stalybridge is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 26,830. Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is 8 miles east of Manchester and 6 miles north-west of Glossop.
Higher Swineshaw Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tameside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.4944° or 53° 29′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.9928° or 1° 59′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C5WF2V4+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 128635639OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q28406231
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