Reservoirs & lochs · Yorkshire & the Humber
Scar House Reservoir
In or near Lofthouse.
Scar House Reservoir — reservoir in North Yorkshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Scar House Reservoir is a reservoir in the United Kingdom. Managed by Bradford Corporation Water Works. Wikidata describes it as: "reservoir in North Yorkshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 54.1881°, -1.9111°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Nidderdale
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Scar House Reservoir is the second of the three reservoirs in Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, the others are Angram Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir. Between them they attract around 150,000 visitors a year. Angram and Scar House were built to supply water to the Bradford area of West Yorkshire. Water from here is transferred to Chellow Heights via the Nidd Aqueduct using only gravity and no pumping. The dam contains more than a million tonnes of masonry, it rises to 55 metres (180 ft) above the river and is almost 600 m (2,000 ft) long. It was completed in 1936. The dam height is 71 m (233 ft). The reservoir is fed almost exclusively from Angram Reservoir, which in turn is fed predominantly from the flanks of Great Whernside.
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Background
History
Scar House was the last reservoir to be built in the Nidd Valley. It superseded an earlier reservoir, Hayden Carr, constructed in the early 1890s. Work started at Hayden Carr in 1894 by Morrison and Mason of Edinburgh. When Angram was nearing completion, Bradford Corporation decided to construct a larger dam at Scar House, which would incorporate and submerge the Hayden Carr reservoir. Scar House Reservoir was started in 1921 with direct labour under the control of Lewis Mitchell, Bradford's city engineer, and took 15 years to complete. Stone for the dam was quarried from the quarry on Carle Fell to the North and North West of the dam. An inclined railway was constructed to move stone from…
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- Coordinates
- 54.1881, -1.9111
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Parish
- Stonebeck Up
- Postcode
- HG3 5SW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
Sources
- wikidata: Q7337140 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Scar House Reservoir (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: ScarHouseReservoir.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Scar House Reservoir?
- Scar House Reservoir is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode HG3 5SW), in the parish of Stonebeck Up.
- What is Scar House Reservoir?
- Scar House Reservoir — reservoir in North Yorkshire, England, UK.
- How do I get to Scar House Reservoir?
- Drivers can use postcode HG3 5SW.
- Who runs Scar House Reservoir?
- Scar House Reservoir is operated by Bradford Corporation Water Works.
- Is Scar House Reservoir a protected site?
- Yes — Scar House Reservoir is part of the Nidderdale National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Scar House Reservoir free to visit?
- Yes, Scar House Reservoir is free to enter.
- How do I get to Scar House Reservoir?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HG3 5SW. It sits within the Skipton and Ripon parliamentary constituency.