Valehouse Reservoir, Crowden-in-Longdendale

Name: Valehouse Reservoir
Address: Crowden-in-Longdendale, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Crowden-in-Longdendale

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Valehouse Reservoir, Crowden-in-Longdendale

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Valehouse Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was built between 1865 and 1869 as part of the Longdendale chain, which was built to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester while maintaining a constant flow into the river. The upper reservoirs supply the drinking water, while Vale House and Bottoms are compensation reservoirs which guarantee the flow of water to water-powered mills downstream. Valehouse, with a crest elevation of 503 metres, is too low to supply water under gravity to the Mottram tunnel, so could not be used as an impounding reservoir. Today 45 megalitres of compensation water are released each day into the River Etherow. ()

Maximum depth: 40 ftElevation: 525 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°28'34"N, 1°56'49"W

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Crowden-in-Longdendale United Kingdom

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Valehouse Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glossop Town Hall, Manor Park, All Saints' Church, Ardotalia.

2.3 miS
City hall
Glossop Town Hall, Glossop
58 min walk • Glossop Town Hall, Market Hall, and Municipal Buildings is a complex in the centre of Glossop, Derbyshire, providing offices for High Peak Borough Council, a retail arcade, and covered market.
2 miS
Park
Manor Park, Glossop
51 min walk • Manor Park is a city park in Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
1.8 miS
Church
All Saints' Church, Glossop
47 min walk • All Saints’ Church, Glossop is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Glossop, Derbyshire.
2.3 miSW
Archaeological site
Ardotalia, Glossop
60 min walk • Ardotalia is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Ardotalia was constructed by Cohors Primae Frisiavonum—The First Cohort of Frisiavones. Evidence for the existence of this unit exists not only from the building stone found at the site but also from various diplomas and other Roman writings.
1.3 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Longdendale Trail, Crowden-in-Longdendale
35 min walk • The Longdendale Trail is an English long-distance rail trail following the former Woodhead railway line, which ran between Manchester and Sheffield and closed east of Hadfield in 1981.
1.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Arnfield Reservoir
36 min walk • Arnfield Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was constructed in 1854 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Chew Valley, Crowden-in-Longdendale
60 min walk • Chew Valley in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England, follows the course of Chew Brook on the western slopes of Black Chew Head to where it joins the River Tame at Greenfield, east of Manchester.
2.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Featherbed Moss, Crowden-in-Longdendale
57 min walk • Featherbed Moss is a flat-topped hill, 541 metres high, in the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England. It is sometimes mistakenly thought to be a joint county top.
2.2 miS
53°26'37"N • 1°56'58"W
Partington Players Theatre, Glossop
57 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
0.9 miSW
Lake, Dam
Bottoms Reservoir, Peak District
23 min walk • Bottoms Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed between 1865 and 1877, by John Frederick Bateman as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
2.2 miSW
Bridge
Dinting Viaduct, Glossop
57 min walk • Dinting Viaduct is a 19th-century railway viaduct in Glossopdale in Derbyshire, England, that carries the Glossop Line over a valley at the village of Dinting. It crosses the Glossop Brook and the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield.