Reservoirs & lochs · East Midlands
Damflask Reservoir
Damflask Reservoir — lake in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Sheffield · 9.0 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Damflask Reservoir is a reservoir in the United Kingdom. Managed by Sheffield Corporation Water Works. Wikidata describes it as: "lake in the United Kingdom". Coordinates: 53.4124°, -1.5847°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Damflask Reservoir is situated at grid reference SK277907 five miles (eight kilometres) west of the centre of Sheffield in the Loxley valley close to the village of Low Bradfield and within the city's boundaries. The hamlet of Stacey Bank is located to the east. The reservoir has a capacity of 4,250.9 million litres (1,123.1 million gallons) and has a surface area of 47 hectares (120 acres) with a maximum depth of 27 metres (89 feet). The dam wall is approximately 400 metres (1,300 feet) wide with a height of 28 metres (92 feet).
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Background
Architecture
Damflask reservoir was built as one of a group of reservoirs in the Bradfield area (the others being Strines, Agden and Dale Dike reservoirs) to supply both fresh drinking water and a guaranteed supply of running water to the population and industries respectively of Sheffield. It was completed in 1896 with the dam walls being constructed from local stone, and its original purpose was primarily as a compensation reservoir to ensure a continuous flow of water to the River Loxley downstream. It takes its name from Damflask village which was washed away in the Great Sheffield Flood of 11 March 1864; the village stood near the site of the current dam wall and had a public house (Barrell Inn),…
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- Coordinates
- 53.4124, -1.5847
- District
- Sheffield
- Parish
- Bradfield
- Postcode
- S6 6HD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sheffield Hallam
- Nearest railway station
- Sheffield — 9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q5212194 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Damflask Reservoir (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Damflask from Ughill Heights.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Damflask Reservoir?
- Damflask Reservoir is in the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode S6 6HD), in the parish of Bradfield.
- Who runs Damflask Reservoir?
- Damflask Reservoir is operated by Sheffield Corporation Water Works.
- How do I get to Damflask Reservoir?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode S6 6HD. It sits within the Sheffield Hallam parliamentary constituency.