Blackstone Edge Reservoir
Blackstone Edge Reservoir
The Blackstone Edge Reservoir is a water storage reservoir located above Littleborough, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Created: 2 March 2019 Edited: 29 November 2023
Blackstone Edge Reservoir Details
Blackstone Edge Reservoir is a small freshwater lake in Greater Manchester, situated at an altitude of around 387 meters and is very shallow.
The shoreline of Blackstone Edge Reservoir is approximately 2.242 Kilometers all the way round.
- Altitude: 387 m
- Shoreline: 2.242 Km
- Depth: very shallow
Blackstone Edge Reservoir
Local History around Blackstone Edge Reservoir
There are some historic monuments around including:
Ellenroad Ring MillBlackstone Edge Roman roadWayside cross located on Slate Pit HillOxygrains packhorse bridge, RishworthBlackstone Edge Roman roadEnclosed Bronze Age urnfield 200m north west of Hanging Field Farm.Wildlife in and around Blackstone Edge Reservoir
Blackstone Edge Reservoir Birds
There are 177 species of birds recorded as found near Blackstone Edge Reservoir.
| (Troglodytes troglodytes subsp. indigenus) |
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) |
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
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