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It's important for reservoirs to be on impermeable rock, and the whole of... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   category:Llyn   category:Outcrop   category:Reservoir   top:Rocks, Scree, Cliffs   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

I can't recall ever seeing Selset full, and water levels were low a year... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Moorland   category:Reservoir   category:Shoreline   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

Loch an t-Seilich was enlarged by damming the River Tromie some way below the... (more)

Tags: category:Channel   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   category:Reservoir   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

The stone is just off the Waskerley Way, and seems to be some distance outside... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   category:Marker Stone   top:Moorland   top:Paths   category:Reservoir   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

By the middle of August, Selset Reservoir is looking pretty depleted, with wide,... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   category:Reservoir   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

The permissive path which sticks close to the shore south of the Pump House,... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Grassland   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Paths   category:Permissive Footpath   category:Reservoir   top:Sport, Leisure   category:Trees   top:Uplands   category:Water  

Swinsty reservoir is full and these small trees have been submerged.

Tags: colours:Black and White   Black and White   category:Reservoir  

Tags: category:Fence   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Moorland   category:Reservoir   top:Uplands   category:Water   top:Water Resources  

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Grassland   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Paths   category:Public Footpath   category:Reservoir   top:Sport, Leisure   top:Uplands   category:Water  

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   category:Logs   top:Moorland   category:Reservoir   top:Uplands   category:Water   top:Water Resources  

Tags: type:Cross Grid   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Moorland   top:Paths   category:Permissive Footpath   category:Reservoir   top:Sport, Leisure   top:Uplands   category:Water   top:Water Resources  

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   category:Reservoir   top:Uplands   category:Water   top:Water Resources  

Despite being in "The Lake District", most large bodies of water are... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Lowlands   category:Reservoir   top:Sport, Leisure   category:Water   top:Water Resources  

A natural loch whose outflow is dammed, Loch an t-Seilich at the end of summer... (more)

Tags: top:Country Estates   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Moorland   category:Reservoir   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

This wall has been submerged by the raising of the level of Loch Assapol by a... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Lowlands   category:Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

The dam separates Mugdock Reservoir (left), built in 1856, from Craigmaddies... (more)

Tags: Dam   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Reservoirs   subject:Road   top:Water Resources  

View from west over measuring pond to gauge basisns.

Tags: near:Milngavie   near:Mugdock   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

The supply tunnel and gauge basin which is not in use, perhaps it serves as a reserve.

Tags: near:Milngavie   near:Mugdock   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

A close up view of the tunnel which supplies Mugdock Reservoir from Loch Katrine.

Tags: near:Milngavie   near:Mugdock   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

The water from Loch Katrine coming into the gauge basin through the tunnel. This... (more)

Tags: near:Milngavie   near:Mugdock   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

Gauge basins, only one - the nearest in the photo - of which was in operation on... (more)

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The nearer body of water is Whinhill Reservoir (with the Firth of Clyde visible... (more)

Tags: Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

In the foreground is a footpath that leads around the reservoir and towards... (more)

Tags: place:Carman Reservoir   former:Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

View from the north bank of the reservoir across to Chew Brook Clough.

Tags: Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

From the path around the reservoir, near Pudding Hill. On a beautiful, but... (more)

Tags: top:Air, Sky, Weather   type:Geograph   subject:Reservoir   Scar House Reservoir   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

The water coming along the channel is from Mugdock Loch. Its original course was... (more)

Tags: Dam   type:Geograph   Reservoir   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Water Resources   top:Woodland, Forest  

The road leads from Mugdock Road up to Mugdock and Craigmaddie Reservoirs and... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Paths   Reservoir   subject:Road   top:Roads, Road Transport   top:Water Resources   top:Woodland, Forest  

The paths around the reservoirs are popular with walkers (and dogs).

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Paths   subject:Reservoir   top:Water Resources   top:Woodland, Forest  

Constructed in 1856 and Category A listed... (more)

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One of the four Tring reservoirs built to feed the Grand Union Canal.

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   subject:Reservoir  

One of two large reservoirs north of Milngavie, the other being Craigmaddie,... (more)

Tags: type:Aerial   top:Air Transport   type:Cross Grid   subject:Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

Looking along the length of Startopsend Reservoir to the clump of trees and... (more)

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Although there was only a light breeze on this occasion, the reservoir is open... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

For a view in the opposite direction from the far end of the path, see... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   subject:Path   top:Paths   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

A later sluice (NS2774 : Whinhill Reservoir: sluice) that is about 45 metres further north along the... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   subject:Reservoir   Sluice   top:Water Resources  

The sluice is first marked on the 1912 revision of the map, and first labelled... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   subject:Reservoir   Sluice   top:Water Resources  

The view is from the reservoir's north-eastern corner, by the spillway.... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   subject:Path   top:Paths   Reservoir  

The lowest of the three reservoirs in the Greenfield Valley.

Tags: type:Geograph   Reservoir   subject:Reservoir   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

Looking across the dam of the Yeoman Hey Reservoir - the middle of a set of... (more)

Tags: subject:Dam   type:Geograph   Reservoir   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

Looking down from the dam of the Yeoman Hey Reservoir.

Tags: type:Geograph   subject:Reservoir   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

Yeoman Hey was completed in 1880 and is the oldest of three reservoirs in the valley.

Tags: type:Geograph   subject:Reservoir   Reservoir   top:Uplands   top:Water Resources  

This is narrower than the SW breakwater, presumably because the threat to the... (more)

Tags: Breakwater   top:Construction, Development   Dam Wall   Reservoir   subject:Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

Construction work has finished and the JCBs and the sections of the pontoon are... (more)

Tags: top:Construction, Development   Dam Wall   JCB Digger   Pontoon   subject:Reservoir   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

I was interested to see working being done here as the reservoir has never been... (more)

Tags: top:Construction, Development   Men at Work   Reservoir   subject:Reservoir   Reservoir Spillway   top:Water Resources  

As part of the work to strengthen the West Bank of the Reservoir, a series of... (more)

Tags: Construction Equipment   top:Construction, Development   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

The stone has been brought up the ramp in the car park SP9114 : Repairing Startops Reservoir (1) The Ramp from the Car Park and is being... (more)

Tags: Construction Equipment   top:Construction, Development   subject:Reservoir   Reservoir   top:Water Resources  

Before the reservoir was built there was obviously a medieval field here,... (more)

Tags: top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Medieval Field System   subject:Reservoir   Reservoir   Ridge and Furrow   place:Tring Reservoirs   top:Water Resources  

Repairs are necessary to reinforce the earth dam on the West side of Startops... (more)

Tags: top:Canals   Construction Equipment   top:Construction, Development   subject:Dam   Dam   Earth Dam   JCB   Reservoir  

Yesterday afternoon I looked out and thought it might be the evening to visit... (more)

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When the Paddington Canal opened in 1801, the need for water to supply it became... (more)

Tags: Bridge   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Long Distance Path   top:Paths   Reservoir   top:Roads, Road Transport