Ryburn Reservoir

#3138 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built in the valley to supply Wakefield with water and was completed in 1933. The upper reservoir is Baitings Reservoir. ()

Maximum depth: 95 ftElevation: 666 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°39'55"N, 1°58'9"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Rochdale Canal, Stoodley Pike, Booth Wood Reservoir, Wainhouse Tower.

3.9 miNE
Canal
Rochdale Canal, Halifax
101 min walk • The Rochdale Canal is in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale through which it passes. The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width.
4.5 miNW
Memorial
Stoodley Pike, Hebden Bridge
116 min walk • Stoodley Pike is a 1,300-foot hill in the south Pennines in West Yorkshire in northern England. It is noted for the 121-foot Stoodley Pike Monument at its summit, which dominates the moors of the upper Calder Valley and the market town of Todmorden.
1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Booth Wood Reservoir
41 min walk • Booth Wood Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies north of the M62 motorway and south of the A672 road near to Rishworth and Ripponden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
4.8 miNE
Tower
Wainhouse Tower, Halifax
123 min walk • Wainhouse Tower is a folly in the parish of King Cross, on the south west side of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, in England.
4.4 miNE
Museum
Warley Town, Halifax
113 min walk • Warley Town is an area of Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Warley is a ward of Calderdale. The population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 12,215.
4.9 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stanza Stones Trail, Marsden
127 min walk • The Stanza Stones Trail is a 47-mile walking route from Marsden to Ilkley, along the Pennine watershed in northern England, linking six poems by Simon Armitage which have been carved into stone.
5 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
Colne Valley Museum, Huddersfield
127 min walk • The Colne Valley Museum is located within the Colne Valley at Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The museum consists of four converted 19th century weavers' cottages.
4.5 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Stephen's Church, Halifax
115 min walk • St Stephen's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Copley, West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Blackstone Edge
89 min walk • Blackstone Edge is a gritstone escarpment at 1,549 feet above sea level in the Pennine hills surrounded by moorland on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire in England.
3.6 miNE
Canal
Calder and Hebble Navigation
91 min walk • The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a broad inland waterway, with locks and bridgeholes that are suitable for 14-foot-wide boats, in West Yorkshire, England.
5.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Piethorne Reservoir
133 min walk • Piethorne Reservoir is the largest of several reservoirs in the Piethorne Valley above Newhey, by Milnrow, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It was built between 1858 and 1868.