The Redmires Reservoirs are a group of three
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
s in
Fulwood,
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...
,
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham.
In N ...
,
England
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. They are fed from the
Hallam Moors by various small streams including
Fairthorn Clough. The three reservoirs are named Upper, Middle and Lower and were built between 1833 and 1854 to provide clean drinking water via an open water course which led to the Hadfield Dam situated in Crookes, following the devastating
Sheffield cholera epidemic of 1832. The dams were built as part of the Sheffield Water Works continuing expansion to meet the ever growing population of Sheffield.
The area is popular with walkers and bird watchers. Adjacent to the Middle Reservoir is Hammond's Field Nature Reserve, which is managed by The
Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham
Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering Sheffield and Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It has 15 reserves with its base in Sheffield.
Reserves
The trust manages fifteen reserves:
: Agden Bog
: Blacka Moor
: Carbr ...
. The nature reserve forms part of the
South Pennine Moors Special Protected Area. A path, the
Long Causeway
Long Causeway or Long Causey was a medieval packhorse route in England, which ran between Sheffield in South Yorkshire and Hathersage in Derbyshire. In the past the route has been marked on maps as a Roman Road as it was believed it followed p ...
leads from the Upper reservoir, onto the moors to
Stanedge Pole and then onto
Stanage Edge. This route was once thought to be a
Roman road
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but is now thought to be a Medieval
packhorse
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saltway
A salt road (also known as a salt route, salt way, saltway, or salt trading route) refers to any of the prehistoric and historical trade routes by which essential salt was transported to regions that lacked it.
From the Bronze Age (in the 2nd ...
, used to convey salt from
Cheshire
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to
Yorkshire
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.
References
External links
Yorkshire Water – Redmires reservoir
Geography of Sheffield
Reservoirs of the Peak District
Reservoirs in South Yorkshire
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