Kinder Reservoir
| Kinder Reservoir | |
|---|---|
 View from Kinder Scout towards Hayfield | |
  Kinder Reservoir | |
| Location | Derbyshire |
| Coordinates | 53°23′28″N1°54′54″W/ 53.391°N 1.915°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | River Kinder William Clough stream |
| Primary outflows | River Kinder |
| Basincountries | United Kingdom |
| Max. length | 0.8 kilometres (0.5 mi) |
| Max. width | 500 metres (1,640 ft) |
| Surface area | 180,000 square metres (18 ha) |
| Water volume | 2,340,000 cubic metres (82,636,320 cu ft) |
| Surface elevation | 278 metres (912.1 ft) |
Kinder Reservoiris a public water storage reservoir on the western edge ofKinder Scoutplateau inDerbyshire.The reservoir lies at the head of the Kinder Valley, 278 metres (912 ft) above sea level and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the north east of the village ofHayfield.[1][2]It is owned by United Utilities Group PLC.[3]
Details
[edit]The reservoir is fed by theRiver Kinderand by the stream flowing over several small cascades down William Clough valley, which is owned by theNational Trust.The reservoir supplies drinking water and is currently owned and operated by United Utilities. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 2,340,000 cubic metres (510,000,000 imp gal) and a surface area of 180,000 square metres (44 acres).[4]
Stockport Corporationengaged Abram Kellet of Ealing to build Kinder Reservoir, to supplement the local public water supply. The site above Hayfield was selected by engineer James Mansergh and the reservoir was constructed between 1903 and 1911. Difficulties with the geology led to a change in design in 1905 from a masonry dam to anearth dam.Following financial disputes in the courts, Stockport Corporation terminated its contract with Kellets and appointed G H Hill and Sons in 1908 to complete the construction. Two farms were abandoned to make way for the reservoir. TwoActs of Parliamentapproved the standard-gauge railway that was built to transport materials andnavvyworkers to the construction site.[5]A small settlement of temporary huts developed for the workers and their families. The reservoir was officially opened on 11 July 1912.[4][6]
The filter house (built beside the reservoir in c.1910) was decommissioned in 1996, when the water began being piped to the newly built Wybersley Water Treatment Works atHigh Lane,near Stockport.[6]Despite the Kinder filter house being a "notable" example of early 20th-century municipal architecture,[7]photographic evidence shows the present owners have allowed it to fall into disrepair.
There is a public car park on Kinder Road about 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) down the valley from the reservoir.[1]Footpaths provide a circular walk of about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) around the reservoir. The higher ground around the reservoir and Wiliam Clough are a heather moorland landscape.[8]
References
[edit]- ^abOL1 Dark Peak area(Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. West sheet.
- ^"Kinder Reservoir, High Peak - area information, map, walks and more".Ordnance Survey Get Outside.Retrieved13 October2020.
- ^"United Utilities is planting trees".United Utilities Corporate Newsroom.Retrieved9 March2022.
- ^ab"Kinder Reservoir".Cheshire Now.Retrieved13 October2020.
- ^Brumhead, Derek; Rangeley, Jean; Rangeley, Ken (2008).The Kinder Reservoir and Railway.New Mills Heritage Centre.ASINB003YVRTUQ.
- ^abKinder Reservoir Centenary 1912–2012(onsite information board), National Trust/Peak District National Park Authority/Hayfield Civic Trust/United Utilities, 2012
- ^"MDR14395 - Kinder Reservoir, Hayfield - Derbyshire Historic Environment Record".her.derbyshire.gov.uk.Retrieved10 March2022.
- ^"Below Kinder Scout: A circular walk around Kinder reservoir".National Trust.Retrieved13 October2020.
