Charnock Embankment

Places of Interest Nearby

Anglezarke Reservoir

Reservoir

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Anglezarke Reservoir is the largest reservoir in the Rivington chain to the west of Anglezarke in Lancashire, England. Anglezarke Reservoir has three embankments: the Charnock Embankment, the longest, is 850 yards long and 31 feet high, the Knowsley Embankment is 240 yards long and 45 feet high and the Heapey Embankment is 280 feet long and 32 feet high.

High Bullough Reservoir

Reservoir

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High Bullough Reservoir is the oldest of all the reservoirs in the Rivington chain, having been authorised by the Chorley Waterworks Act 1846 and completed in 1850.

Yarrow Reservoir

Reservoir

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Yarrow Reservoir – named after the River Yarrow – is a reservoir in the Rivington chain in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second to Anglezarke Reservoir.

Places in the Area

Healey Nab

Locality

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Healey Nab or "The Nab" is an area of countryside owned partly by Lancashire County Council containing rolling hills, moorland, woodland, ponds and streams to the east of Chorley, Lancashire, between the M61 and the West Pennine Moors.

Chorley

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Chorley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Pennine Moors. Chorley describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.

Astley Village

Hamlet

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Astley Village is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, covering a suburb of Chorley. According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,005. Astley Village is situated 3 miles northwest of Charnock Embankment.

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