Cowbury Reservoir

Cowbury Reservoir is a reservoir in , , . Cowbury Reservoir is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buckton Castle and Mossley railway station.

Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a medieval enclosure castle near in , a town in , Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of , it was surrounded by a 2.8-metre-wide stone curtain wall and a ditch 10 metres wide and 6 metres deep.

Railway station
Photo: Paul Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
in , , is on the Huddersfield Line 9.9 miles north-east of Manchester Victoria and is managed by Northern, which do not provide any services to or from this station.

Reservoir
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a reservoir in the Brushes Valley above in Greater Manchester. It was built in the 19th century by the corporations of Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge to provide a supply of safe drinking water, one of four reservoirs authorised by the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge Waterworks Act 1864.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stalybridge and Mossley.

Town
is a town in , , England. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 26,830. Historically divided between and , it is 8 miles east of and 6 miles north-west of .

Town
Photo: G-Man, Public domain.
is a town and civil parish in , , England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the , 3 miles south-east of and 9 miles east of .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of in the , , England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines with the National Park directly to the east, 5 miles east of and 11 miles northeast of .

Cowbury Reservoir

Latitude
53.508° or 53° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.0055° or 2° 0′ 20″ west
Open location code
9C5VGX5V+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 53047935
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
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