Howden Reservoir

The uppermost of the three Derwent Valley reservoirs in the Peak District, its stone dam set deep among the moors below Bleaklow.

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Howden Reservoir is a reservoir in Derbyshire. It sits within the Peak District National Park. For arrivals by rail, Edale Station is 8.8 km to the south-west. Derwent Reservoir and Ladybower Reservoir are among the lakes & lochs within 6 km.

More places to visit near Howden Reservoir

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

Thought to be Britain's largest landslip, over half a mile long, its gritstone towers looking like a ruined castle above remote Alport Dale.

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Dambusters crews trained over the dams and drowned villages of this Derwent Valley reservoir in the Peak District.

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Gateway to the Peak's northern moors, a lakeside and woodland walk below the gritstone edges west of Barnsley.

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Gritstone edge high above Bamford, giving one of the most celebrated views over Ladybower Reservoir and the Hope Valley.

9.4 km SE

Peak District's highest plateau, site of the Mass Trespass.

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