Angram Reservoir

Angram Reservoir
Picture of a reservoir in North Yorkshire, England
Angram Reservoir, looking upstream
A map of North Yorkshire, England
A map of North Yorkshire, England
Angram Reservoir
LocationUpper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire
Coordinates54°10′50″N 1°56′22″W / 54.18056°N 1.93944°W / 54.18056; -1.93944
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsRiver Nidd, Stone Beck
Primary outflowsRiver Nidd
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Surface area34 ha (84 acres)
Max. depth33.4 m (110 ft)
Water volume4.75 million cubic metres (1,040×10^6 imp gal)

Angram Reservoir is the first of three reservoirs on the River Nidd in Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, the others being Scar House Reservoir and finally the compensation reservoir Gouthwaite Reservoir.[1] It is located at OS map reference SE040759. Between them they attract around 150,000 visitors a year.[2]

The reservoir takes its name from Angram, a settlement in the township of Stonebeck Up, submerged when the reservoir was completed in 1919.[3][4]

Little Whernside (604 metres [1,982 ft]) to the north and Great Whernside (704 metres [2,310 ft]) to the west of the reservoir are close by.

The River Nidd flows for approximately 2 miles (3 km) from the flanks of Great Whernside before joining the reservoir.[5]

  1. ^ Cudworth, W. (1896). Manningham, Heaton, and Allerton (townships of Bradford) treated historically and topographically. Рипол Классик. p. 232. ISBN 978-5-87547-985-4. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Scar House Reservoir". yorkshireguides. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. ^ Priestley, Mike (7 January 2008). "In the steps of the bringers of city's water". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Parish of Kirkby Malzeard". Genuki. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  5. ^ Hewitt, R. (2011). Map Of A Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey. Granta Publications. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-84708-452-1. Retrieved 29 April 2019.