Dowry Reservoir

Dowry Reservoir is a reservoir in Saddleworth, Oldham, England. Dowry Reservoir is situated nearby to the locality Lurden, as well as near Broadhead Noddle.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castleshaw Roman Fort and Hanging Lees Reservoir.

Castleshaw Roman Fort

Archaeological site

Photo: Thomas E Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castleshaw Roman fort was a castellum in the Roman province of Britannia. Although there is no evidence to substantiate the claim, it has been suggested that Castleshaw Roman fort is the site of Rigodunum, a Brigantian settlement.

Hanging Lees Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.

Hanging Lees Reservoir is a small reservoir in the Piethorne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. It is situated between Rooden and Piethorne Reservoirs. The area around the reservoir has trails for walking.

Rooden Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.

Rooden Reservoir is a reservoir in the Piethorne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. It is close to Denshaw in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marsden and Uppermill.

Marsden

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Delph

Village

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Delph is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies amongst the Pennines on the River Tame below the village of Denshaw, four miles east-northeast of Oldham and 1+3⁄4 miles north-northwest of Uppermill.

Dowry Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Description: reservoir in Greater Manchester, England, UK
Category: body of water
Location: Saddleworth, Oldham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.597° or 53° 35′ 49″ north

Longitude

-2.0247° or 2° 1′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C5VHXWG+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4701229

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

Wikidata ID

Q138862970

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