Dove Stone Reservoir

Dove Stone Reservoir lies at the convergence of the valleys of the Greenfield and Chew Brooks above the village of Greenfield, on Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester, England.

Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Reservoir
Description: reservoir in Greater Manchester, England, UK
Also known as: “Dovestone Reservoir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greenfield railway station and Yeoman Hey Reservoir.

Greenfield railway station

Railway station

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Greenfield railway station serves the village of Greenfield, in Greater Manchester, England. It is a stop on the Huddersfield Line, 12 miles north-east of Manchester Victoria.

Yeoman Hey Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Eld Surefoot, Public domain.

Yeoman Hey Reservoir is a reservoir in the English Peak District. On its margin is a commemorative stone laid by the King of Tonga in 1981. The reservoir is within the boundaries of Greater Manchester but was formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Greenfield Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.

Greenfield Reservoir is a reservoir in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, in the English Peak District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uppermill and Mossley.

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.

Mossley

Town

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Mossley is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, 3 miles south-east of Oldham and 9 miles east of Manchester.