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Watergrove Reservoir

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Location
  
Basin countries
  
United Kingdom

Type
  
Primary inflow
  
Higher Slack Brook

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Primary inflows
  
Wardle BrookHigher Slack Brook

Primary outflows
  
Wardle BrookKnowl Syke Brook

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Watergrove Reservoir is a reservoir close to Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England.

Map of Watergrove Reservoir, Wardle, Rochdale, UK

Rochdale Corporation chose Watergrove as a suitable site to build a large reservoir largely to a prolonged drought in the 1930s, resulting in water regularly being bought from Oldham. The ruins of the old village of Watergrove submerged under the large expanse of water in 1938, and dotted around the landscape above the reservoir there are several ruins originally belonging to the drowned village.

The book Watergrove: A History of the Valley and its Drowned Village by Allen Holt gives a personal view of the transition as the author grew up in Wardle, a mile to the south of Watergrove. Several photographs in the book show people walking along roads that have resurfaced during times of extreme drought.

In July 2008, a 13-year-old boy named Joseph Thomas was found dead in the reservoir after he had gone swimming with friends.

References

Watergrove Reservoir Wikipedia


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