Lower Barden Reservoir

Lower Barden Reservoir is a reservoir in Embsay with Eastby, Craven District, England. Lower Barden Reservoir is situated nearby to the locality Barden Beck Foot, as well as near Long Band Flat.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barden Tower and Upper Barden Reservoir.

Barden Tower

Photo: Peter Church, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barden Tower is a ruined building in the Parish of Barden, in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. The tower was used as a hunting lodge in the 15th and 16th centuries, and despite a renovation in the 1650s, it fell into disrepair in the 18th century.

Upper Barden Reservoir

Reservoir

Upper Barden Reservoir is an upland fresh water reservoir, one of two reservoirs that collect water from Barden Moor, and dam Barden Beck, a tributary of the River Wharfe in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England.

The Strid

Waterfall

The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England originating within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. For much of its middle course it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skipton and Embsay.

Skipton

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Skipton is a market town in North Yorkshire, with a population of 15,000 in 2021. It has a sturdy castle and scenic canal; it's within a short travel time of the Leeds-Bradford conurbation and is on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, so it's a popular day-trip destination.

Embsay

Village

Photo: John Winterbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Embsay is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is paired with the neighbouring hamlet of Eastby to form the civil parish of Embsay with Eastby.

Appletreewick

Village

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Appletreewick is a village and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England, 7 miles north-east of Skipton. Appletreewick is in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, a popular place for visitors, especially in the summer months, on the banks of the River Wharfe.

Lower Barden Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Description: reservoir in North Yorkshire, England, UK
Category: body of water
Location: Embsay with Eastby, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.006° or 54° 0′ 21″ north

Longitude

-1.947° or 1° 56′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C6W2343+96

OpenStreetMap ID

way 8430184

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

Wikidata ID

Q138865292

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Localities in the Area

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