Crook Gate Reservoir

Crook Gate Reservoir is a reservoir in Saddleworth, Oldham, England. Crook Gate Reservoir is situated nearby to the locality Lurden, as well as near the village Denshaw.

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.

Kitcliffe Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.

Kitcliffe Reservoir is a reservoir in Piethorne Valley in between Ogden and Piethorne Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milnrow and Shaw.

Milnrow

Town

Photo: Andrewlee1967, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Milnrow is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with Rochdale.

Shaw

Town

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shaw is a ward and part of the built-up area in the civil parish of Shaw and Crompton, in the Oldham district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England.

Littleborough

Town

Photo: Kram4, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 12 miles north of Manchester city centre. In 2021 it had a population of 111,000, with a similar number in the nearby small towns of Middleton, Milnrow, Wardle, Littleborough and Heywood that together comprise Rochdale Metropolitan Borough.

Crook Gate 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

53.6007° or 53° 36′ 2″ north

Longitude

-2.0314° or 2° 1′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C5VJX29+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4701230

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

Wikidata ID

Q138862956

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