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 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.[1]
In July 2008, a 13-year-old boy, Joseph Thomas, was found dead in the reservoir after he had gone swimming with friends.[2]
A free, weekly, 5 km parkrun takes place every Saturday morning. The event is hosted by local volunteers and was first held on Saturday 7 June 2014.[3]
Referencesedit
^Holt, Allen (2002). Watergrove: A History of the Valley and Its Drowned Village. George Kelsall. ISBN0946571309.
^Johnson, Helen (27 May 2009). "Warning after boy, 13, drowns". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
watergrove, reservoir, reservoir, close, wardle, metropolitan, borough, rochdale, within, greater, manchester, england, locationgreater, manchestercoordinates53, 65722, 13806, 65722, 13806typereservoirprimary, inflowswardle, brookhigher, slack, brookprimary, o. Watergrove Reservoir is a reservoir close to Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale within Greater Manchester England Watergrove ReservoirWatergrove ReservoirLocationGreater ManchesterCoordinates53 39 26 N 2 8 17 W 53 65722 N 2 13806 W 53 65722 2 13806TypereservoirPrimary inflowsWardle BrookHigher Slack BrookPrimary outflowsWardle BrookKnowl Syke BrookBasin countriesUnited Kingdom 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 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 1 In July 2008 a 13 year old boy Joseph Thomas was found dead in the reservoir after he had gone swimming with friends 2 A free weekly 5 km parkrun takes place every Saturday morning The event is hosted by local volunteers and was first held on Saturday 7 June 2014 3 References edit Holt Allen 2002 Watergrove A History of the Valley and Its Drowned Village George Kelsall ISBN 0946571309 Johnson Helen 27 May 2009 Warning after boy 13 drowns Manchester Evening News Retrieved 22 April 2013 Results Watergrove parkrun External links editAbandoned Communities Watergrove and other reservoirs near Rochdale nbsp This Greater Manchester location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Watergrove Reservoir amp oldid 1041596574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
