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Wessenden reservoir is the second highest of four reservoirs in the Wessenden... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   Low Water Level   national park:Peak District   subject:Reservoir   Reservoir Spillway   top:Water Resources   Wessenden Reservoir  

The run-off from Wessenden Reservoir.

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The path skirts the valley of Wessenden Brook.

Tags: Footpath   Hillside   Long Distance Footpath   top:Paths   Pennine Way   Valley   Wessenden   Wessenden Reservoir  

View across the reservoir near the south end of the dam, from the Pennine Way footpath.

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Slightly damp from drizzle, but no water has overflowed from the reservoir for some weeks.

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Overlooking the reservoir from the Pennine Way footpath.

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The head of the reservoir with exposed banks in dry summer weather.

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Spillway and Geese

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The water level was low so everything in view was dry on this visit.

Tags: Dam   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Reservoir   Spillway   Valley   Wessenden Reservoir  

The sheepfold is named as Hey Sike Fold on the large-scale OS map surveyed in 1849-51.

Tags: Derelict Sheepfold   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   type:Geograph   Low Water Level   Marsden Moor   top:Moorland   National Trust Land   national park:Peak District   ruin:Sheepfold   subject:Sheepfold   sheepfold:Square   Wessenden Reservoir