Black Moss Reservoir

Black Moss Reservoir is a reservoir in Kirklees, England. Black Moss Reservoir is situated near the locality Cabe Whams, as well as near Higher Knoll.

Type: Reservoir
Description: reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Diggle Moss Reservoir”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Butterley Reservoir and Blakeley Reservoir.

Butterley Reservoir

Reservoir

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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.

Blakeley Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 Uppermill.

Marsden

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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.

Uppermill

Village

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Uppermill is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines with the Peak District National Park directly to the east, 5 miles east of Oldham and 11 miles northeast of Manchester.