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Greenbooth Reservoir
Greenbooth Reservoir is a List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom, reservoir to the north of Heywood, Greater Manchester, Heywood and close to Norden, Greater Manchester, Norden in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. In 1846, Heywood Waterworks Company finished constructing the Naden Reservoirs (Lower Naden, Middle Naden and Higher Naden) in the valley above the village of Greenbooth. By the 1950s, the village consisted of around 80 cottages, a sweet shop, a Co-op store and a school. There was also a woollen mill. In 1958, Heywood and Middleton Water Board decided that another reservoir was needed to supply water to the growing population of Rochdale and started construction of Greenbooth Reservoir that same year. It took over two years to build, with the village abandoned, mostly demolished and then submerged. The reservoir was completed in 1961 and officially opened in August 1965. The only visible reminder of Greenbooth village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochdale
Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wider borough. Rochdale is in the foothills of the South Pennines and lies in the Dale (landform), dale (valley) of the River Roch, north-west of Oldham and north-east of Manchester. Rochdale's recorded history begins with an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Recedham Manor'', but can be traced back to the 9th century. The Rochdale (ancient parish), ancient parish of Rochdale was a division of the Salford Hundred and one of the larger ecclesiastical parishes in England, comprising several Township (England), townships. By 1251, the town had become of such importance that it was granted a royal charter. The town became a centre of northern England's woollen trade and, by the early 18th century, was described as being "remarkable for i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. The county has an area of and is highly urbanised, with a population of 2.9 million. The majority of the county's settlements are part of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which extends into Cheshire and Merseyside and is the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second most populous urban area in the UK. The city of Manchester is the largest settlement. Other large settlements are Altrincham, Bolton, Rochdale, Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale, Salford, Stockport and Wigan. Greater Manchester contains ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, City of Salford, Salford, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an Bay, embayment within it, excavating, or building any number of retaining walls or levees to enclose any area to store water. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam constructed across a valley and rely on the natural topography to provide most of the basin of the reservoir. These reservoirs can either be ''on-stream reservoirs'', which are located on the original streambed of the downstream river and are filled by stream, creeks, rivers or rainwater that surface runoff, runs off the surrounding forested catchments, or ''off-stream reservoirs'', which receive water diversion, diverted water from a nearby stream or aqueduct (water supply), aq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Reservoirs And Dams In The United Kingdom
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom. England Buckinghamshire *Foxcote Reservoir and Wood, Foxcote Reservoir, north of Buckingham *Weston Turville Reservoir, between Weston Turville and Wendover Cambridgeshire *Grafham Water Cheshire *Bollinhurst Reservoir *Bosley Reservoir, Bosley *Horse Coppice Reservoir *Lamaload Reservoir, east of Macclesfield * Lymm Dam, Lymm. *Ridgegate Reservoir and Trentabank Reservoir, south-east of Macclesfield *Sutton Reservoir, south of Macclesfield Cornwall * Argal and College Reservoirs, Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth * Boscathnoe Reservoir, Penzance * Bussow Reservoir, St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives * Cargenwen Reservoir * Colliford Lake, Bodmin Moor * Crowdy Reservoir, Bodmin Moor * Drift Reservoir, Penzance * Porth Reservoir, Newquay * Siblyback Lake, Bodmin Moor * Stithians Reservoir * Upper Tamar Lake (Devon and Cornwall) County Durham *Balderhead Reservoir *Blackton Reservoir *Burnhope Reservoir *Derwent Reservoir (Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heywood, Greater Manchester
Heywood is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, in the historic county of Lancashire. It had a population of 28,205 at the 2011 Census. The town lies on the south bank of the River Roch, east of Bury, southwest of Rochdale, and north of Manchester. Middleton lies to the south, whilst to the north is the Cheesden Valley, open moorland, and the Pennines. The Anglo-Saxons cleared the densely wooded area, dividing it into heys or fenced clearings. In the Middle Ages, Heywood formed a chapelry in the township, around Heywood Hall, a manor house owned by a family with that surname. Farming was the main industry of a sparsely populated rural area. The population supplemented their incomes by hand-loom woollen weaving in the domestic system. The factory system in the town can be traced to a spinning mill in the late 18th century. Following the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, Heywood developed into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norden, Greater Manchester
Norden is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It was historically part of Lancashire until 1974. It is situated on the western outskirts of the town of Rochdale. There is a Rochdale Ward with the same name. Based on the 2021 Census, this ward had a population of 9,733. Geography The main road through the village is the A680 Edenfield Road, which runs from Rochdale town centre to the village of Edenfield within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire. Taylor Park () is an area of land in Norden. It is situated on an old mine shaft, which makes the location unsuitable for building on. The park is known to residents around it as Taylor Park, probably because it is located right next to Taylor Avenue. Government Norden ward is included in the Heywood and Middleton constituency, represented in Parliament by Chris Clarkson (of the Conservative Party). It will be renamed Heywood and Middleton North and first contested at the 2024 g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Rochdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Heywood, Greater Manchester, Heywood, Littleborough, Greater Manchester, Littleborough, Middleton, Greater Manchester, Middleton & Milnrow. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of in . History Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, the borough was formed in 1974 as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 and is an Amalgamation (politics), amalgamation of six former local government districts. It was originally proposed that the borough include the neighbouring town of Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and disclude Middleton; Bury however went on to form the administrative centre for the adjacent Metropolitan Borough of Bury. The borough was formed by a merger of the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scout Moor Wind Farm
Scout Moor Wind Farm is the second largest onshore wind farm in England. The wind farm, which was built for Peel Group, Peel Wind Power Ltd, produces electricity from 26 Nordex N80 wind turbines. It has a total nameplate capacity of 65 Watt#Megawatt, MW of electricity, providing 154,000 Megawatt hour, MW·h per year; enough to serve the average needs of 40,000 homes. The site occupies of open moorland between Edenfield, Rawtenstall and Rochdale, and is split between the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in northern Greater Manchester and the Borough of Rossendale in south-eastern Lancashire. The turbines are visible from as far away as south Manchester, away. A protest group was formed to resist the proposed construction, and attracted support from the botanist and environmental campaigner David Bellamy. Despite the opposition, planning permission was granted in 2005 and construction began in 2007. Although work on the project was hampered by harsh weather, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
