Walkerwood Reservoir
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.Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buckton Castle and Bower Fold.
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.
Bower Fold
Stadium
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bower Fold in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England, is the home ground of Stalybridge Celtic football club and Oldham R.L.F.C..
Wild Bank
Peak
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wild Bank is a hill in Stalybridge, just outside the Peak District National Park. Its western flank rises from the valley of the River Tame to a height of 399 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glossop and Stalybridge.
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.
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.
Ashton-under-Lyne
Town
Ashton-under-Lyne, also known simply as Ashton, is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The population was 48,604 at the 2021 census.
Walkerwood Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tameside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.4878° or 53° 29′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.0183° or 2° 1′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C5VFXQJ+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 23490864OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q28172725
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