place

Broomhead Reservoir

Geography of SheffieldReservoirs in South YorkshireReservoirs of the Peak District
Broomhead Reservoir geograph.org.uk 1019714
Broomhead Reservoir geograph.org.uk 1019714

Broomhead Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Ewden Valley, near Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. The reservoir is located to the south of Bolsterstone and is linked to the More Hall Reservoir to the east. It covers 50 hectares (120 acres) of land and can hold more than 1,000 million gallons of water.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Broomhead Reservoir (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Broomhead Reservoir
Yew Trees Lane, Sheffield Stocksbridge

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Broomhead ReservoirContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 53.459722222222 ° E -1.5963888888889 °
placeShow on map

Address

Yew Trees Lane

Yew Trees Lane
S36 3ZG Sheffield, Stocksbridge
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

Broomhead Reservoir geograph.org.uk 1019714
Broomhead Reservoir geograph.org.uk 1019714
Share experience

Nearby Places

Ewden Valley
Ewden Valley

Ewden Valley is a valley in the civil parish of Bradfield in the Stocksbridge and Upper Don electoral ward of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.Ewden Village is located between the Moor Hall and Broomhead reservoirs, close to and south of Bolsterstone, within the civil parish of Stocksbridge. Work on the construction of the two reservoirs was started by Sheffield Corporation in 1913. The reservoirs' construction site was served by the now closed Ewden Railway which connected with the Great Central Railway's Woodhead line in Wharncliffe Wood. A timber built village was constructed to house workers working on the Morehall and Broomhead reservoirs. The village was completed in 1929. By 1969 only 15 of over 70 buildings were occupied, and by the 21st century the village was practically abandoned. By 2008 a single worker's cottage remained from the original navvy village.Ewden Beck flows from Broomhead Moor, eastwards, supplying the Broomhead reservoir. Excess outfall flows into the River Don. Ewden Height is a local high point in the region at 375 m (1,230 ft).On the south side of the beck, upstream of the reservoirs and Ewden road bridge are prehistoric earthworks and other remains: there is a Bronze Age cemetery of around 30 round barrows, typically less than 3m diameter and 0.2 to 1 m (7.9 in to 3 ft 3.4 in) high, which are crossed by an earthwork 'Broomhead Dyke', around 1,200 m (3,900 ft) long, running roughly parallel to the beck; there is also a 20 m (66 ft) diameter ring cairn around 100m north of the cemetery.