This Reservoir located in the East Midlands was created in the 1930's by damming the local brook to supply water to a nearby steelworks.
Like with others, the construction of the reservoir led to the relocation of the small community which was submerged as a result.
During WW2 the reservoir played a role in the practice runs for operation 'Chastise', the famous ''Dam busters'' raid. Specifically the RAF commandeered the reservoir to test and practice low flying altitude techniques required for the raid on German dams.
The reservoir features a spillway or overflow system that helps regulate water levels, preventing the dam from being over topped during periods of heavy rainfall. This overflow ensures the safe release of excess water into downstream rivers and brooks.
Its one of the more interesting ones we've visited and has a regulating valve leading directly into the spillway from above to disperse water as and when required. the above vents were a feature ive not seen on an overflow before either.
visited here one evening with @GRONK ,having not researched it much if at all before our visit we were surprised to find that the whole site had a wide private land perimeter around the reservoir and it was going to be a bit of a mooch in the rain.
after finding somewhere to park we heading up with head torches on red mode careful not to get the attention of any nosy neighbor.
we did however trigger the cheapest amazon special alarm with pre recorded shouty man telling us the police have been called, unphased by wish.com security measures we proceeded.
We spent sometime photographing the place and having a nice wander, plans to head up top were put off due to it non stop raining since we set off so we called it a day and headed back.
It seemed that shouty man had infact called the police who were patrolling the perimeter in there car very slowly, they did drive away in the end and we to made hast.
all in all one of my favorite overflows ive visited, better in the day time and avoid walking up the spillway.
Like with others, the construction of the reservoir led to the relocation of the small community which was submerged as a result.
During WW2 the reservoir played a role in the practice runs for operation 'Chastise', the famous ''Dam busters'' raid. Specifically the RAF commandeered the reservoir to test and practice low flying altitude techniques required for the raid on German dams.
The reservoir features a spillway or overflow system that helps regulate water levels, preventing the dam from being over topped during periods of heavy rainfall. This overflow ensures the safe release of excess water into downstream rivers and brooks.
Its one of the more interesting ones we've visited and has a regulating valve leading directly into the spillway from above to disperse water as and when required. the above vents were a feature ive not seen on an overflow before either.
visited here one evening with @GRONK ,having not researched it much if at all before our visit we were surprised to find that the whole site had a wide private land perimeter around the reservoir and it was going to be a bit of a mooch in the rain.
after finding somewhere to park we heading up with head torches on red mode careful not to get the attention of any nosy neighbor.
we did however trigger the cheapest amazon special alarm with pre recorded shouty man telling us the police have been called, unphased by wish.com security measures we proceeded.
We spent sometime photographing the place and having a nice wander, plans to head up top were put off due to it non stop raining since we set off so we called it a day and headed back.
It seemed that shouty man had infact called the police who were patrolling the perimeter in there car very slowly, they did drive away in the end and we to made hast.
all in all one of my favorite overflows ive visited, better in the day time and avoid walking up the spillway.
