Carsington Water

#879 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Carsington Water is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water located between Wirksworth and Kniveton in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir takes water from the River Derwent at Ambergate during winter months, pumping up to the reservoir by 10.5-kilometre long tunnels and aqueduct. Water is released back into the river during summer months for water abstraction and treatment further downstream. It is England's ninth largest reservoir with a capacity of 35,412 megalitres. ()

Built: 1989 (35 years ago)Maximum depth: 108 ftElevation: 656 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°3'37"N, 1°37'47"W

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Carsington Water – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Masson Mill, Black Rocks, Alport Height, St Mary's Church.

4.6 miNE
Museum, History museum, Fashion museum
Masson Mill, Cromford
117 min walk • Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill is a water-powered cotton spinning mill situated on the west bank of the River Derwent in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire in England. This mill was built in 1783. It forms part of the Derwent Valley Mills, a World Heritage Site.
3.8 miNE
Natural attraction, Park, Hiking trail
Black Rocks, Cromford
98 min walk • Black Rocks, is a small outcrop of ashover gritstone, between Cromford and Wirksworth in Derbyshire, the Peak District, England.
3.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, View point
Alport Height
89 min walk • Alport Height is a hill near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. It is a popular picnic site, since it has extensive views to the South, and is the first hill over 1,000 ft within easy reach of the Derby area.
2.8 miNE
Church
St Mary's Church, Wirksworth
72 min walk • St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in the Church of England in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The existing building dates mostly from the 13th–15th centuries, but notable survivals from the Anglo-Saxon period indicate a church has stood on this site since at least the 8th century AD.
3.3 miNE
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
84 min walk • The National Stone Centre is a museum, an industrial heritage discovery centre and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wirksworth, near Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.
4.5 miNE
Canal
Cromford Wharf, Cromford
116 min walk • Cromford Wharf is at Cromford in Derbyshire, England. It is located at the northern terminus of the Cromford Canal, which opened in 1794 and ran 14.5 miles from here to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire.
4.5 miW
Church
Tissington, Peak District
115 min walk • St Mary’s Church, Tissington is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Tissington, Derbyshire.
1.5 miSE
Church
Holy Trinity Church
38 min walk • Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire.
1.2 miN
Church
St Margaret's Church
31 min walk • St Margaret's Church, Carsington, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Carsington, Derbyshire.
4.2 miNW
Church
St Peter's Church, Peak District
106 min walk • St Peter’s Church, Parwich is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Parwich, Derbyshire.
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Minninglow, Peak District
111 min walk • Minninglow is a hill in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, located within the White Peak area at grid reference SK209573. Within the clump of trees crowning the hill are a Neolithic chambered tomb and two Bronze Age bowl barrows. The chambered tomb and barrows are a Scheduled Monument.