Blackstone Edge Reservoir
Blackstone Edge Reservoir is a reservoir in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is close to Blackstone Edge, from which it takes its name, and the border with Calderdale, West Yorkshire.Photo: Neil T, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackstone Edge and Baitings Reservoir.
Blackstone Edge
Peak
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackstone Edge is a gritstone escarpment at 472 metres above sea level in the Pennine hills surrounded by moorland on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire in England.
Baitings Reservoir
Reservoir
Baitings Reservoir is a large water supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the West Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn, is the higher of two reservoirs built to supply Wakefield with water and was completed in 1956.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Littleborough and Wardle.
Littleborough
Town
Photo: Kram4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester in the North West of England. Its Victorian era town hall is widely recognized as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country.
Wardle
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wardle is a village near Littleborough within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.8 miles east-southeast of Whitworth, 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rochdale and 12 miles north-northeast of the city of Manchester.
Walsden
Village
Blackstone Edge Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6604° or 53° 39′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.0449° or 2° 2′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C5VMX64+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 4694901OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q4923406
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In Other Languages
“Blackstone Edge Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Blackstone Edge Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Warm Withens Hill and Warm Withens.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cows Mouth Quarry (disused) and White Holme Reservoir.
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