Ryburn Reservoir
Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built in the valley to supply Wakefield with water and was completed in 1933.Places of Interest
Highlights include Baitings Reservoir and Booth Wood Reservoir.
Baitings Reservoir
Reservoir
Baitings Reservoir is a large water supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the West Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn, is the higher of two reservoirs built to supply Wakefield with water and was completed in 1956.
Booth Wood Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: andrew ringrose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Booth Wood Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies north of the M62 motorway and south of the A672 road near to Rishworth and Ripponden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
Rishworth School
School
Photo: Malcolm Street, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rishworth School is a co-educational private school in the village of Rishworth, near Halifax, in West Yorkshire, England. With Heathfield, its junior school from the ages of 3 to 11, it provides education for pupils aged between 3 and 18 years, with boarding from the age of 11.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ripponden and Barkisland.
Ripponden
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ripponden is a village and civil parish on the River Ryburn near Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. Historically it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Barkisland
Village
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barkisland is a village in civil parish of Ripponden, in the Calderdale district, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one mile east of Ripponden, two miles south of Sowerby Bridge and four miles southwest of Halifax town centre.
Rishworth
Hamlet
Rishworth is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a small church, farms and schools, including Rishworth School.
Ryburn Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ripponden, Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6638° or 53° 39′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.9714° or 1° 58′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C5WM27H+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 151420174OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q7356557
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In Other Languages
“Ryburn Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Ryburn Reservoir”
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