Booth Wood Reservoir

#546 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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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. The reservoir was approved for construction in 1966 and completed in 1971. It supplies water to Wakefield. ()

Length: 4921 ftMaximum depth: 152 ftElevation: 853 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°38'33"N, 1°57'44"W

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Booth Wood Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rochdale Canal, Wessenden Reservoir, Stanza Stones Trail, Colne Valley Museum.

5.1 miNE
Canal
Rochdale Canal, Halifax
130 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.
5.2 miSE
Lake
Wessenden Reservoir, Marsden
132 min walk • Wessenden Reservoir is the second in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park.
3.4 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stanza Stones Trail, Marsden
86 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.
4.3 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
Colne Valley Museum, Huddersfield
111 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.
5.2 miSW
Church
St Thomas' Church
133 min walk • St Thomas' Church, Friarmere, also known as Heights Chapel, is a redundant Anglican church standing on a hillside overlooking the village of Delph, Greater Manchester, 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.
4.1 miS
Hill
Standedge, Diggle
105 min walk • Standedge is a moorland escarpment in the Pennine Hills of northern England between Marsden, West Yorkshire and Diggle, Greater Manchester. Standedge has been a major moorland crossing point since Roman times and possibly earlier.
4.1 miS
Valley
Wessenden Valley, Marsden
106 min walk • The Wessenden Valley is a moorland valley in the Dark Peak, immediately south of Marsden in West Yorkshire, England. The name Wessenden derives from Old English and means the 'valley with rock suitable for whetstones'.
5.2 miNE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Stephen's Church, Halifax
134 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.
1.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ryburn Reservoir
41 min walk • 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.
4.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Castleshaw Roman Fort, Ashton-under-Lyne
115 min walk • Castleshaw Roman fort was a castellum in the Roman province of Britannia. Although there is no evidence to substantiate the claim, it has been suggested that Castleshaw Roman fort is the site of Rigodunum, a Brigantian settlement.
3.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Blackstone Edge
85 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.