Tittesworth reservoir

#2988 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area

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Tittesworth Reservoir is a water storage reservoir near Leek, Staffordshire, England, fed by the River Churnet. The reservoir and associated water treatment works are owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. The reservoir was built in 1858 and extended in 1963. Tittesworth is the second largest reservoir by volume in the county of Staffordshire. The Peak District Boundary Walk runs past the reservoir. ()

Built: 1963 (61 years ago)Length: 5906 ftWidth: 1969 ftCoordinates: 53°8'2"N, 2°0'47"W

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Tittesworth reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lud's Church, St Edward the Confessor's Church, All Saints' Church, The Roaches.

3.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Lud's Church, Peak District
95 min walk • Lud's Church is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England.
2 miS
Church
St Edward the Confessor's Church, Leek
50 min walk • St Edward the Confessor's Church is an active Anglican church in Leek, Staffordshire, England. The building, which dates back to the 13th century, is listed Grade II*. It is Leek's original parish church, although the parish now includes other churches such as All Saints which were built as the town's population increased.
2.2 miS
Church
All Saints' Church, Leek
57 min walk • All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by Norman Shaw, and built in 1885–1887; the church has stained glass by Morris & Co.
2.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
The Roaches, Peak District
54 min walk • The Roaches is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. The ridge with its rock formations rises steeply to 505 m.
4.5 miS
Museum
Cheddleton Flint Mill, Cheddleton
116 min walk • Cheddleton Flint Mill is a water mill situated in the village of Cheddleton in the English county of Staffordshire. The mill race takes water from the river Churnet. The site is believed to have been used for milling since the Middle Ages.
2 miS
Memorial
Nicholson War Memorial, Leek
51 min walk • The Nicholson War Memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, England is a 1925 war memorial. It was commissioned by local manufacturer Sir Arthur Nicholson and his wife Lady Marianne, née Falkner, in memory of their son Lieutenant Basil Lee Nicholson, who was killed in action at Ypres...
3.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blakemere Pond, Peak District
80 min walk • Blakemere Pond, also known as Black Mere Pool or Mermaid's Pond, is a small, natural lake in Staffordshire, England, six miles north-west of Leek. The pond is the subject of an enduring legend that claims that the water is haunted by the ghost of a mermaid.
1.9 miSW
Historical place, Museum
Brindley Mill, Leek
50 min walk • The Brindley Water Mill is a water mill in the town of Leek, Staffordshire, England. The current structure was built on the site of previous corn-grinding mills in 1752 by James Brindley.
3.2 miE
Memorial
Merryton Low, Peak District
81 min walk • Merryton Low is a hill in Staffordshire, England, a few miles east of Leek. It is in the civil parish of Fawfieldhead in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands.
4.5 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Michael's Church, Peak District
115 min walk • St Michael's Church is in the village of Wincle, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield.
3.5 miSE
Hill
Morridge, Peak District
91 min walk • Morridge is a geographical feature, a few mile east of Leek, in Staffordshire, England. It is in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands. It is a long ridge of high moorland. The northern end, Morridge Top, is about a mile south of Flash.