Belmont Reservoir

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Belmont Reservoir

Belmont Reservoir. Taken from near outflow, showing Bolton sailing club on promontory.
Location Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates 53°38′42″N 2°29′37″W / 53.64500°N 2.49361°W / 53.64500; -2.49361Coordinates: 53°38′42″N 2°29′37″W / 53.64500°N 2.49361°W / 53.64500; -2.49361


Belmont Reservoir is a reservoir north of the small moorland village of Belmont, Lancashire, England fed by the Belmont Brook.[1][2] It was built in 1826 by the Bolton Waterworks to supply water to the rapidly expanding town of Bolton.[3] Belmont was once a thriving industrial centre for stone quarrying and printing.[1] The reservoir is the home of the Bolton Sailing Club.[4] The reservoir is important to wintering wildfowl.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "waterscape.com". Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "northturton.com". Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
  3. ↑ "The full Witton Weavers Way". Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Bolton Sailing Club". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
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