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A tour of the reservoirs & moors west of Ramsbottom

A tour of the reservoirs & moors west of Ramsbottom

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A tour of the reservoirs & moors west of Ramsbottom

03:41

71.5km

1,110m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 5, 2024

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Start point

Parking

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45.8 km

View of Rivington Reservoir

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North of this dam is the upper Rivington Reservoir, the lower reservoir is to the south. There are also two more reservoirs to the north which form this chain of four reservoirs. Built between 1852 and 1857 the reservoirs provide water for the surrounding Wigan area although they were originally built to supply Liverpool.

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52.7 km

Belmont Reservoir

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Belmont Reservoir is a small lake near Belmont in Lancashire at an altitude of about 261 meters. The shoreline of Belmont Reservoir is approximately 4.239 Kilometers round and Belmont Reservoir's depth is comparatively shallow.

Belmont Reservoir is a freshwater lake.

Birds found near Belmont Reservoir lake
There have been 167 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Belmont Reservoir lake.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)

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60.0 km

Entwistle Reservoir

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Entwistle Dam was designed by Thomas Ashworth, a local land surveyor, overseen by Jesse Hartley, the Liverpool Docks engineer. Other works were by Joseph Jackson, an engineer and surveyor from Bolton. It was built for the Commissioners of the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, a group of local mill owners who obtained an enabling Act of Parliament in 1832 to regulate the supply of water in Bradshaw Brook for water power for the finishing textiles.[2]

Records suggest it was built entirely of puddle clay with no distinct core. Earth dams usually have a waterproof cutoff under their earthworks designed to stop seepage under the dam but it is doubtful whether there was any such a cutoff at Entwistle. The reservoir has a rock-cut outlet tunnel driven through the valley side rather than a culvert or pipeline and a siphon draw-off pipe. The dam is 108 ft high and 110 metres long at the crest. The present overflow channel and valve tower were added by the Bolton Corporation Water Works who took over the reservoir in 1864.

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71.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

59.3 km

10.8 km

1.19 km

153 m

125 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

66.4 km

4.58 km

657 m

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

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A tour of the reservoirs & moors west of Ramsbottom

View of Rivington Reservoir

Belmont Reservoir

Entwistle Reservoir

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