List of reservoirs in the Peak District
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This is a list of reservoirs in the Peak District of England,[1][2] most of which lie within the Peak District National Park, but others lie outside its borders (marked with * in the table below).[3][4]
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Reservoir | Year Completed | Max Capacity (m3) | Length (km) | Max Depth (m) | Grid reference of dam |
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Ladybower Reservoir | 1943 | 27,800,000 | 4.0 | 41 | SK200855 |
Derwent Reservoir | 1914 | 9,640,000 | 3.0 | 35 | SK172898 |
Winscar Reservoir | 1975 | 9,169,194 | 1.7 | 42 | SE154025 |
Howden Reservoir | 1912 | 8,600,000 | 2.0 | SK170925 | |
Torside Reservoir | 1864 | 6,700,000 | 2.3 | SK056983 | |
Tittesworth Reservoir* | 1858 | 6,440,000 | 1.8 | SJ993587 | |
Langsett Reservoir | 1904 | 6,400,000 | 1.6 | 30 | SE213003 |
Woodhead Reservoir | 1877 | 5,370,000 | 2.0 | 22 | SK081995 |
Dovestone Reservoir | 1968 | 5,048,000 | 1.5 | 31 | SE014035 |
Fernliee Reservoir | 1938 | 5,000,000 | 1.8 | 38 | SK014777 |
Broomhead Reservoir | 1929 | 4,937,282 | 1.5 | SK269960 | |
Damflask Reservoir | 1896 | 4,250,900 | 2.2 | 27 | SK284907 |
Errwood Reservoir | 1967 | 4,215,000 | 1.4 | SK015758 | |
Dale Dike Reservoir | 1864 | 3,240,000 | 1.3 | SK243917 | |
Bottoms Reservoir | 1877 | 3,000,000 | 1.0 | SK023970 | |
Digley Reservoir | 1954 | 3,000,000 | 0.8 | SE111069 | |
Valehouse Reservoir | 1869 | 2,688,000 | 1.3 | 12 | SK032974 |
Kinder Reservoir | 1911 | 2,340,000 | 0.8 | SK055881 | |
Rhodeswood Reservoir | 1855 | 2,270,000 | 1.2 | 21 | SK043981 |
More Hall Reservoir* | 1929 | 2,172,989 | 1.3 | SK286957 | |
Agden Reservoir | 1869 | 2,100,000 | 1.2 | SK261923 | |
Strines Reservoir | 1869 | 2,059,000 | 0.8 | SK232905 | |
Lamaload Reservoir | 1964 | 1,910,000 | 0.8 | SJ970753 | |
Midhope Reservoir* | 1903 | 1,859,000 | 1.0 | SK223997 | |
Butterley Reservoir, West Yorkshire | 1794 | 1,773,000 | 0.4 | SE051101 | |
Redmires Upper Reservoir | 1854 | 1,559,310 | 0.7 | 15 | SK260854 |
Combs Reservoir | 1797 | 1,484,000 | 1.1 | SK034799 | |
Bosley Reservoir* | 1831 | 1,460,000 | 1.5 | SJ925654 | |
Toddbrook Reservoir* | 1838 | 1,288,000 | 1.0 | 24 | SK008811 |
Brownhill Reservoir* | 1932 | 1,209,000 | 0.8 | SE117063 | |
Arnfield Reservoir* | 1854 | 950,000 | 0.6 | SK013972 | |
Chew Reservoir | 1912 | 936,500 | 0.8 | SE035019 | |
Redmires Middle Reservoir | 1854 | 855,000 | 0.6 | 14 | SK264854 |
Rivelin Dams Lower | 1845 | 800,000 | 0.6 | SK275868 | |
Yeoman Hey Reservoir | 1880 | 780,000 | 0.7 | 20 | SE021045 |
Rudyard Lake* | 1799 | 640,000 | 3.0 | SJ939610 | |
Redmires Lower Reservoir | 1847 | 634,180 | 0.5 | 14 | SK267855 |
Trentabank Reservoir | 1929 | 631,900 | 0.5 | SJ961713 | |
Linacre Upper Reservoir | 1885 | 575,000 | 0.6 | 19 | SK328727 |
Ridgegate Reservoir* | 1850 | 545,530 | 0.7 | SJ952714 | |
Wessenden Reservoir | 1836 | 486,430 | 0.5 | SE058088 | |
Greenfield Reservoir | 1870 | 464,000 | 0.4 | 20 | SE028054 |
Yateholme Reservoir | 1878 | 415,000 | 0.5 | SE111047 | |
Linacre Middle Reservoir | 1904 | 410,000 | 0.5 | 13 | SK334725 |
Ramsden Reservoir | 1883 | 394,000 | 0.5 | SE114057 | |
Bollinhurst Reservoir | 1872 | 384,145 | 0.5 | SJ973837 | |
Wessenden Head Reservoir | 1881 | 372,780 | 0.3 | SE069076 | |
Blakeley Reservoir | 1904 | 363,690 | 0.4 | SE054097 | |
Horse Coppice Reservoir | 1861 | 331,865 | 0.5 | SJ969838 | |
Bilberry Reservoir | 1840 | 254,000 | 0.3 | SE103070 | |
Riding Wood Reservoir | 1878 | 235,000 | 0.4 | SE116051 | |
Rivelin Dams Upper | 1848 | 220,000 | 0.3 | SK272869 | |
Snailsden Reservoir | 1870s | 196,440 | 0.5 | SE136040 | |
Hurst Reservoir | 1837 | (drained in 2013) 167,000 | 0.4 | SK055938 | |
Linacre Lower Reservoir | 1855 | 140,000 | 0.4 | 9 | SK338725 |
Black Moss Reservoir | 0.3 | SE033088 | |||
Diggle Reservoir | 0.2 | SE021081 | |||
Redbrook Reservoir | 0.4 | SE027099 | |||
Swellands Reservoir | 0.3 | SE038090 | |||
Swineshaw Reservoir* | 1864 | 0.5 | SK003991 | ||
Windleden Lower Reservoir | 0.4 | SE157019 | |||
Windleden Upper Reservoir | 0.5 | SE153012 |
See also
References
- ^ "Inventory of reservoirs amounting to 90% of total UK storage". UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Environment Agency. "Public Register of Reservoirs"
- ^ OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey.
- ^ OL1 Dark Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey.