Watergrove Reservoir
Watergrove Reservoir is a reservoir close to Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. Rochdale Corporation chose Watergrove as a suitable site to build a large reservoir largely to a prolonged drought in the 1930s, resulting in water regularly being bought from Oldham.
P.hogg, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brown Wardle Hill and Parish Church of St Bartholomew, Whitworth.
Brown Wardle Hill
Peak
Brown Wardle is a hill between the village of Wardle…
Smithy Bridge railway station
Railway station
P.hogg, Public domain.
Smithy Bridge railway station serves the village…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rochdale and Todmorden.
Watergrove Reservoir
- Reservoir
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
53.6588° or 53° 39′ 32″ north
Longitude
-2.1381° or 2° 8′ 17″ west
Open location code
9C5VMV56+GQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Watergrove Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Watergrove Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wardle and Shore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Town and Dobbin Hill.
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