Belmont Reservoir
Belmont Reservoir. Taken from near outflow, showing Bolton sailing club on promontory.
Belmont Reservoir is located in Blackburn with Darwen
Belmont Reservoir
Belmont Reservoir
Shown within Blackburn with Darwen
LocationBelmont, Lancashire, England
Coordinates53°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. ^ a b "waterscape.com". Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b "northturton.com". Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. ^ "The full Witton Weavers Way". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Bolton Sailing Club". 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
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