Embsay Reservoir

Embsay Reservoir is located above the village of , near in the in , England. It is owned by Yorkshire Water, and supplies water to the north and west of Skipton, feeding 25,000 homes. It has a dam height of 24 m.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: reservoir in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Embsay Moor Reservoir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Embsay railway station and St Mary’s Church, Embsay with Eastby.

Railway station
Photo: G-Man, Public domain.
is a railway station on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. It serves the small village of in , England. The station is a terminus on the railway and was re-opened in 1981.

Church
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St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in , a parish in , in England. was founded in 1120. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a chapel was maintained for worship for many years, but eventually closed.

Museum
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Craven Museum & Gallery is a museum located in the town of , , , in . The museum holds a collection of local artefacts that depict life in Craven from the prehistoric times to the modern day.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skipton and Embsay.

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
is a market town in , with a population of 15,000 in 2021. It has a sturdy castle and scenic canal; it's within a short travel time of the Leeds-Bradford conurbation and is on the southern edge of the , so it's a popular day-trip destination.

Village
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is a village in the county of , . It is paired with the neighbouring hamlet of Eastby to form the civil parish of .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, 3.5 miles east of . The population of the parish was estimated at 90 in 2015.

Embsay Reservoir

Latitude
53.9875° or 53° 59′ 15″ north
Longitude
-2.0028° or 2° 0′ 10″ west
Open location code
9C5VXXPW+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4547953
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Wiki­data ID
Q5370257
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In Other Languages

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