Wayoh Reservoir
Wayoh Reservoir is a water reservoir in the town of Edgworth, Lancashire, England. It was completed on 28 April 1876 to supply water to Bolton. Wayoh, together with the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, make up 50% of Bolton's drinking water.Photo: Austen Redman, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Entwistle railway station and Turton Tower.
Entwistle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paul Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Entwistle railway station is 5+3⁄4 miles north of Bolton and serves the village of Entwistle. It is also the closest station to Edgworth. Owing to the remote location and low passenger numbers, Entwistle was a request stop for several years.
Turton Tower
Photo: Austen Redman, CC BY 2.5.
Turton Tower is a manor house in Chapeltown in North Turton, Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade I listed building.
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Liz Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir is a water reservoir in the village of Edgworth, Lancashire, England. The reservoir's existence is due to the Entwistle Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ramsbottom and Edgworth.
Ramsbottom
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. Bury is a former mill town known for manufacturing textiles.
Edgworth
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edgworth is a village in the civil parish of North Turton, in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is between Broadhead Brook on the west and Quarlton Brook in the south east.
Darwen
Town
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough, of Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".
Wayoh Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: North Turton, Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6492° or 53° 38′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.4077° or 2° 24′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5VJHXR+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 4623024OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q7362889
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In Other Languages
“Wayoh Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Wayoh Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
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