Butterley Reservoir
Butterley Reservoir is a reservoir located near Marsden, West Yorkshire, near the Peak District National Park boundary. It was completed in 1906. The reservoir is known for its long stepped spillway, which is grade II listed.Photo: Bixintxo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Butterley Reservoir, West Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marsden railway station and Wessenden Reservoir.
Marsden railway station
Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marsden railway station serves the village of Marsden near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Huddersfield Line, operated by Northern and is about 7 miles west of Huddersfield station.
Wessenden Reservoir
Reservoir
Wessenden Reservoir is the second in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marsden and Meltham.
Marsden
Marsden is a large village in the Colne Valley, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the South Pennines close to the Peak District which lies to the south.
Meltham
Town
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Meltham is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Holme Valley, below Wessenden Moor, 5 miles south-west of Huddersfield on the edge of the Peak District National Park.
Diggle
Village
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Diggle is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the moorlands of the Pennine hills.
Butterley Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.5882° or 53° 35′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.9273° or 1° 55′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C5WH3QF+73OpenStreetMap ID
way 205103576OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q88996422
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