Tunstall Reservoir

#3029 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Tunstall Reservoir was a water supply storage reservoir completed in 1879, and now used solely to maintain minimum regulatory flows on the River Wear in northeast England. It is situated in the north Pennines of the United Kingdom, and lies 3.5 km north of the village of Wolsingham, in Weardale, County Durham. The earthen embankment dam, which impounds the reservoir, is recognized as the location where pressure grouting with cement grout was first utilized in 1876 by engineer Thomas Hawksley, to reduce leakage within the rock foundation under an earth dam. Pressure grouting has since become normal practice for construction and remediation at dams and related water resource projects. ()

Maximum depth: 74 ftElevation: 715 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°45'57"N, 1°53'58"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Hisehope Reservoir, Hownsgill Viaduct, Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine, Smiddy Shaw Reservoir.

4.2 miNW
Lake
Hisehope Reservoir, North Pennines
109 min walk • Hisehope Reservoir is the smallest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Smiddy Shaw Reservoirs. The reservoir was completed 1906, and is owned and operated by Northumbrian Water.
5.2 miN
Bridge
Hownsgill Viaduct
133 min walk • The Hownsgill Viaduct is a former railway bridge located west of Consett in County Durham, England. It is currently used as a footpath and cycleway.
4.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine
121 min walk • Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Derwentside district of north County Durham and the Tynedale district of south Northumberland, England.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Smiddy Shaw Reservoir
87 min walk • Smiddy Shaw Reservoir is one of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Hisehope Reservoirs. The reservoir, which was completed by 1872, is owned and operated by Northumbrian Water.
4.2 miNE
Farm
Hall Hill Farm, Durham
106 min walk • Hall Hill Farm is a tourist attraction located in County Durham, near Tow Law, England.
4 miW
Archaeological site
Crawley Edge Cairns, Stanhope
102 min walk • The Crawley Edge Cairns are a series of forty-two Bronze Age round barrows, cairns and clearance cairns located in a field in Crawleyside, near Stanhope, County Durham, England.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Weardale
92 min walk • Weardale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, England. Large parts of Weardale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – the second-largest AONB in England and Wales.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Waskerley Reservoir
83 min walk • Waskerley Reservoir is the largest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Smiddy Shaw and Hisehope Reservoirs.
4.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Hedleyhope Fell
122 min walk • Hedleyhope Fell is a nature reserve to the north-east of Tow Law, County Durham, England. The reserve is managed by Durham Wildlife Trust and consists of some 202 hectares of mainly mid-altitude heathland. It occupies the steep slope on the right bank of Hedleyhope Burn, between the stream and the B6301 Tow Law–Cornsay Colliery road.
4.8 miW
Archaeological site
Heathery Burn Cave
124 min walk • Heathery Burn Cave is a cave near Stanhope, County Durham, England, in which a large collection of Late Bronze Age weapons and tools was discovered and excavated between 1859 and 1872.
2.5 miS
Town
Wolsingham
65 min walk • Wolsingham is a small market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope in North West Durham. Today it is still a small market town looking much as it did hundreds of years ago with many stone built listed buildings, period features and links to its long history.