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Island Barn Reservoir

The Island Barn Reservoir lies south of the River Thames in England at West Molesey and north of Lower Green, Esher. The reservoir has a surface area of 122 acres (0.49 km2) and a capacity of 922 million gallons. Managed by Thames Water, it is in the Borough of Elmbridge and is surrounded by the River Mole to the west and the River Ember to the east. Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir is a larger reservoir to the West. History Island Barn Reservoir was authorized by the Lambeth Water Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. cxli). It was built by Sir Robert McAlpine for the Metropolitan Water Board, and opened in 1911. The contract was valued at £152,727. The reservoir was named after Island Barn Farm, which previously existed on the site, and was completely surrounded by the rivers Ember and Mole. Construction The embankment walls have a puddle clay core extending down through a gravel layer to the underlying blue London clay. The outside face of the embankment is grassed, the inner face is lined with concrete slabs. The key dimensions of the Island Barn reservoir are as follows. Operation Raw water, from the River Thames, is pumped 2.7 km through a 54 inch (1.34 m) diameter pipeline from the pump house at Walton Water Works adjacent to the Knight reservoir. The reservoir can also be filled by gravity from the Bessborough and Knight reservoirs. The reservoir allows some settlement of suspended solids; biological cleaning through exposure to sunlight; and provides a buffer storage volume to maintain capacity at times of low flow in the river. Water is supplied to the Surbiton water treatment works. For several years leakage through the embankment had been observed. A survey identified three areas of leakage. In 2017 interlocking sheet piling 18.5 m long was driven vertically through the centre of the embankment into the London clay to stop the leakage. Between 1992 and 1998 1.3 million tonnes of gravel were removed from the base of the reservoir. Sailing Club Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club hosts dinghy sailing races and training at the reservoir. Among many successful current and past members has been Fireball world champion and ISO designer John Caig and British Olympic, European Champion and World Cup sailor Nicola Groves. The reservoir is a bird watching site and Black-necked grebes have been sighted here. Gallery See also London water supply infrastructure References
Sunnyside Reservoir

Sunnyside Reservoir is a reservoir forming part of the Hampton Water Treatment Works within the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. History The reservoir was originally built by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company in 1896 for pre-treatment water storage. It has an area of 6.8 acres (2.74 ha), is 35 ft (11 m) deep and has a capacity of 292 Megalitres. The walls of the reservoir are made from 3 ft (1 m) of puddle clay. The reservoir is now used as a settlement lagoon for washwater from the adjacent treatment works before the water is discharged back to the River Thames. The reservoir is now owned and managed by Thames Water. There was an idea to build a bridge for cyclists and pedestrians over the river adjacent to the reservoir in 2002, but this was very expensive and was not progressed. References
Wimbleball Lake

Wimbleball Lake on Exmoor in Somerset, England, is a water supply reservoir constructed in the 1970s and completed in 1979. The 161 feet (49 m) high dam is of concrete buttress construction and impounds the River Haddeo to provide a water storage capacity of some 21,000 megalitres over an area of 374 acres (1.51 km2). Aggregate for the dam came from a quarry at Bampton and sand from Uffculme. These were combined to give a pinkish tinge to blend in with the local geology. The tributary valleys include the River Pulham, which passes the village of Brompton Regis and continues to Hartford where it joins the Haddeo. At times of low flow in the River Exe, water is released into the river for abstraction downstream at Tiverton and Exeter. The effects of this regulation of the water flow from the lake have been studied by comparing the regulated River Haddeo and the neighbouring (unregulated) River Pulham. It showed that the main thermal effects of impoundment and regulation have been to raise mean water temperature, eliminate freezing conditions, depress summer maximum values, delay the annual cycle and reduce diurnal fluctuation. In 2001 - 2002 South West Water commissioned a detailed assessment of fish population, physical habitat, flow and water quality data within the River Haddeo, since it has been subject to regulated releases from Wimbleball Reservoir, to identify potential bottlenecks restricting the development of juvenile salmon populations. Managed by the charity South West Lakes Trust, the lake offers a popular location for walking, camping, birdwatching, angling, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, rowing and kayaking. In December 2005 the trust was successful in obtaining funding for a £1 million project to provide a new rowing store, conversion of barn space into showers and changing areas, new sports equipment, an accessible bird hide, and interpretation, improved access, and signage around the site. In 2006 a new £1 million activity centre opened. Wimbleball Sailing Club Limited is a private company that provides training, cruising and racing for its members. In 1965, it started as a family sailing club. The southern end of the lake is overlooked by the tower of Old Church of St James, Upton. References External links Wimbleball Lake at South West Lakes Trust Wimbleball Sailing Club
Wimbleball Lake

Wimbleball Lake är en sjö i Storbritannien. Den ligger i grevskapet Somerset och riksdelen England, i den södra delen av landet, 240 km väster om huvudstaden London. Wimbleball Lake ligger 238 meter över havet. Arean är 1,1 kvadratkilometer. Trakten runt Wimbleball Lake består i huvudsak av gräsmarker. Den sträcker sig 2,6 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 1,5 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning. Kommentarer Källor Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Wimbleball Lake.
Silent Pool

Silent Pool est un étang d'Angleterre alimenté par une source souterraine et situé dans le comté de Surrey, entre les villages de Shere et d'Albury. Géologie En été, l'étang est souvent à sec dû aux faibles précipitations qui ne permettent pas à la source de l'alimenter. L'étang est situé près de celui de Sherbourne. Culture populaire L'étang serait hanté. La légende veut que la fille d'un bûcheron fût surprise en train de se baigner par un noble à cheval. Celui-ci n'ayant pas réussi à attirer la demoiselle au bord de l'eau, il rentra dans l'étang avec son cheval. La jeune fille apeurée se réfugia vers des eaux plus profonde où elle se noya. Lorsque le bûcheron revint, il trouva le corps de sa fille, ainsi que le chapeau du noble flottant sur l'eau. Il portait le nom du Prince John ! Lors de la disparition de la romancière Agatha Christie en décembre 1926, sa voiture, une Morris Cowley, est retrouvée près de l'étang de Silent Pool. Le poète Alfred Tennyson se rendait souvent au bord du l'étang, sans doute recherchant une certaine sérénité. Notes et références Voir aussi Lien externe (en) « L'étang de Silent Pool », sur visitsurrey.com Portail des lacs et cours d'eau Portail de l’Angleterre
Watergrove Reservoir

Watergrove Reservoir is a reservoir close to Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. Rochdale Corporation chose Watergrove as a suitable site to build a large reservoir largely to a prolonged drought in the 1930s, resulting in water regularly being bought from Oldham. The ruins of the old village of Watergrove submerged under the large expanse of water in 1938, and dotted around the landscape above the reservoir there are several ruins originally belonging to the village. The book Watergrove: A History of the Valley and its Drowned Village by Allen Holt gives a personal view of the transition as the author grew up in Wardle, a mile to the south of Watergrove. Several photographs in the book show people walking along roads that have resurfaced during times of extreme drought. In July 2008, a 13-year-old boy, Joseph Thomas, was found dead in the reservoir after he had gone swimming with friends. A free, weekly, 5 km Parkrun takes place every Saturday morning. The event is hosted by local volunteers and was first held on Saturday 7 June 2014. References External links Abandoned Communities ... Watergrove and other reservoirs near Rochdale
Tardebigge Lake

Tardebigge Lake is a large feeder reservoir, about 25 acres (100,000 m2) in size, built to supply water for the famous flight of locks running from Tardebigge towards Worcester, on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. It is maintained by the Canal and River Trust and still supplies water to the canal system. The lake is up to 40-foot (12 m) deep at the dam end, shelving off to around 15 feet (4.6 m) at the inlet end. Access to walkers is allowed to the dam end and the side of the lake alongside the canal path. Fishing The lake was used for many years as a general fishery run by Cadbury's of Bournville, then licensed by British Waterways. It is now run as a closed syndicate and, as it increases in popularity, spaces for the syndicate are limited. References External links Tardebigge Anglers
Sulby Reservoir (Northamptonshire)

Sulby Reservoir is in the English county of Northamptonshire. Sulby Reservoir is the higher of a pair of reservoirs owned by the Canal & River Trust – the other being Welford Reservoir – that provide water to the summit level of the Grand Union Canal by way of the navigable Welford Arm. References External links Map sources for Sulby Reservoir (Northamptonshire)
Yeoman Hey Reservoir

Yeoman Hey Reservoir is a reservoir in the English Peak District. On its margin is a commemorative stone laid by the King of Tonga in 1981. The reservoir is within the boundaries of Greater Manchester but was formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is one of three reservoirs in the same valley: above it is Greenfield Reservoir, and adjacent to and below it is Dovestone Reservoir. The reservoirs lie to the south of the A635 road across Saddleworth Moor. To the west, below the reservoirs, is the village of Greenfield. The reservoir scheme in the Greenfield Valley and Chew Valley by the Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukinfield (District) Waterworks Joint Committee commenced in 1870. Yeoman Hey was completed in 1880. Yeoman Hey and the valley's other reservoirs are owned by United Utilities. References
Robin's Wood Hill Quarry

Robin's Wood Hill Quarry (grid reference SO836148) is a 1.67-hectare (4.1-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, on Robinswood Hill, notified in 1966. Location and geology The quarry is managed by Gloucester City Council and is part of Robinswood Hill Country Park. This site contains a significant inland section of Lower Jurassic, Middle Lias strata. There is a complete section of the Upper Pliensbachian Stage. The site has been the centre of research for some time, and particularly its diverse faunas, which have hield some fifty-four species of fossil molluscs. There is significant contrast from the silty nature of the Middle Lias, Marlstone Rock bed with the Junction Bed of the coast of Dorset and the Midlands ironstones. This contributes significantly to the reconstruction of the geography and the environment of the early Jurassic period. Conservation Natural England reports in its assessment of August 2011 that the feral goats (introduced in 2005) are controlling the vegetation levels satisfactorily. References SSSI Source Natural England SSSI information on the citation Natural England SSSI information on the Robin's Wood Hill Quarry unit External links Natural England (SSSI information)
Robin Hood’s Ball

Robin Hood’s Ball ist ein Grubenwerk in der Salisbury Plain etwa 8 km nordwestlich von Amesbury. Es wurde etwa 4000 v. Chr. errichtet. Literatur Christopher Chippindale, Stonehenge Complete. (Thames and Hudson, London, 2004) ISBN 0-500-28467-9 Rodney Castleden, The Making of Stonehenge (Routledge, London, 1993) ISBN 0-415-08513-6 N. Thomas: The Neolithic Causewayed Camp at Robin Hood's Ball, Shrewton, Wiltshire. Archaeol. Nat. Hist. Mag., 59 (1964), S. 1–27. Einzelnachweise
Robin Hood's Stride

Robin Hood's Stride (also known as Mock Beggar's Mansion) is a rock formation on the Limestone Way in Derbyshire close to the village of Elton. The nearest town is Bakewell, to the north. It consists of gritstone boulders deeply seamed by water flows. The two "pinnacles" are Weasel pinnacle (eastern end; Diff) and Inaccessible pinnacle (west; V Diff). An ancient road, possibly prehistoric or Roman, the Derbyshire Portway, passes close to the outcrop. Nearby is Nine Stones Close, a four-stone circle, and, at Cratcliffe Tor, a rock shelter known as the Hermit's Cave, containing a crucifix carving dated stylistically to the 13th or 14th century. The name Robin Hood's Stride comes from the 14th-century legend that Robin Hood jumped between the chimneys of the rock formation. The popular tourist spot can be accessed via the Limestone Way just off the B5056 between Haddon Hall and Winster, or from the unclassified road from Alport to Elton via either the Limestone Way, a concessionary footpath, or Access Land. Limited short climbing is possible; nearby Cratcliffe Tor provides more serious routes. In popular culture Robin Hood's Stride features in an episode of The Return of Sherlock Holmes and the film The Princess Bride (1987). References External links snapthepeaks cressbrook.co.uk
Robin Hood Cemetery

Robin Hood Cemetery and Crematorium is located near Shirley, West Midlands, within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands. The cemetery was opened in 1917 and covers an area of 45 acres (18 ha) and comprises extensive landscaped lawn graves interspersed with ancient woodland. A cemetery chapel was built in 1931, and the crematorium was built in 1958, including for modifications to the chapel to cater for the cremation facilities. There are 43 Commonwealth service personnel buried in the cemetery whose graves are registered and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 from World War I and 41 from World War II. A World War I Victoria Cross recipient, Thomas Turrall (1885–1964) is buried here. Among those cremated here have been singer-songwriter Nick Drake in 1974, and Janet Parker, a medical photographer who in 1978 became the last person to die from smallpox, was cremated here in accordance with disease control measures. The cemetery is very nearly full to capacity and the council generally only allows interments in existing graves. There are however above ground vaults, which were constructed in 2005, for cremated remains for which leases are available. See also List of cemeteries in England References External links Robin Hood Cemetery at Find a Grave Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Robin Hood Academy

Robin Hood Academy is a coeducational primary school with academy status, located in Hall Green area of Birmingham, England. History The school was opened on the site of the since closed Pitmaston Secondary School in 1988 and originally known as 'Robin Hood Junior & Infants School'. Although this official title remained until academy conversion in 2013, the school became widely known as 'Robin Hood Primary School' and used the tagline 'the school of the future for the learner of today'. The first head teacher, Dave Broadfield, established the school as a leader in the use of Information & Communication Technologies in primary education. This work was continued by subsequent head Dr. Neil Hopkin, who established Robin Hood as one of the earlier English schools to use blogs for every class from Nursery to Year 6. In 2011 teacher Oliver Quinlan won the Association of Learning Technologist's 'Learning technologist of the year' award for his work with online learning at the school. In 2013 Robin Hood converted to academy status under the executive headship of Richard Hunter and was renamed Robin Hood Academy. In January 2016, Steve Bob took up the role of Executive Headteacher. The school was graded good by Ofsted in November 2016. In 2019, Mrs Downs took role of head teacher. Its new tag line builds upon the aspirations of all pupils: "To aim high and reach for the stars." References External links School website
Swineshaw Reservoir (Derbyshire)

Swineshaw Reservoir is a reservoir near Glossop, north Derbyshire. In 1837, 50 local millowners and gentlemen, known as the "Commissioners of the Glossop Reservoirs", obtained an act of Parliament, the Glossop Reservoirs Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. lxxix), to construct the Glossop Reservoirs. Hurst Reservoir was on the Hurst Brook, and Mossy Lea Reservoir was to take water from the Shelf Brook. Only the Hurst reservoir was constructed before the money ran out. Mossy Lea Reservoir was constructed privately by the Duke of Norfolk. Swineshaw, on Swineshaw Clough, was adopted in 1864 by the Glossop Water Company to provide drinking water for Glossop. It was taken over in 1929 by the Glossop Corporation Waterworks. This became part of the Manchester Corporation Waterworks in 1959. Swineshaw Reservoir, Hurst Reservoir and Mossy Lea Reservoir are no longer in service. The Peak District Boundary Walk runs past the south side of the upper reservoir. See also List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom References
Godley Reservoir

The Godley Reservoir is a reservoir in Godley, Hyde, Greater Manchester. It was completed in 1851, as a critical part of the Longdendale Chain project that brings fresh water to Manchester. The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. cciii) gave permission for the construction of the Woodhead, Hollingworth and Arnfield reservoirs, and the construction of a masonry aqueduct to convey drinking water from Arnfield and Hollingworth to a service reservoir at Godley. Water was captured from the River Etherow and stored in the great reservoirs and then flowed through the six-foot bore Mottram Tunnel to Godley. At Godley the water was filtered by passing it through straining frames made of oak and fine wires. It was chlorinated to remove bacteria and then entered Manchester's water distribution network. This method was successfully used until the early 1960s, when additional treatment works were built at Arnfield and Godley. In 2016 United Utilities completed the construction of a 3 MW 45,500-square-metre (11.2-acre) floating solar farm, the second and largest of its type in the UK, on the reservoir. References
Rochester Independent College

Rochester Independent College (RIC) is an Independent Schools Council accredited co-educational, private day and boarding school, in Rochester, United Kingdom. It was established in 1984. History Opened in 1984 by mathematicians Brian Pain and Simon de Belder, the college was known as Rochester Tutors and was predominantly 6th form, teaching A levels and retakes. Gradually over the next 3 decades the campus grew to 14 (mainly) listed buildings in the heart of Rochester and changed its name to Rochester Independent College. The Lower School was opened in 2007. The college mascot is the flying pig, a riposte to the cynicism which greeted the college’s chances of success when it was founded. The college joined the Dukes Education Group in 2016. Campus It started as one terraced house, but as the school expanded, it gradually bought up 14 (mainly) listed buildings in the heart of a designated conservation area. A pair of steel sculptural musical gates leads to the grounds. The gates are an art installation created by Henry Dagg, sound sculptor, experimental musical instrument builder and Bjork collaborator. Standing almost four metres tall and eight metres wide across the structure is designed to make music with vibraphone bars, tubular bells, and organ pipe-like tubes with resonating strings that can be plucked, struck or bowed. Medway Council refused planning permission for the gates in 2004 on the grounds of noise pollution, but this was overturned by a government inspector. Students The school has a total of about 230 students, with a relatively even mix of boys and girls. About 120 students are boarders and the rest are day students from the local area. Approximately 25% of the sixth form students are international from countries such as Thailand, Italy, Spain, China, Hong Kong, Nigeria, and Russia. Of the 230 students in the Sixth Form, around 40 will have stayed on from Years 7–11. The majority join from other schools after taking their GCSEs. Students from Thailand join the College each year funded by the Royal Thai Government Scholarship programme for A level courses. Lower School – Years 7–11 The Lower School is located in New Road House, on the main college campus. It is co-educational and the principal entry point is at Year 7 but there is flexible entry throughout the school. It took its first pupils in September 2007. There are a maximum of 12 in each class. The Lower School is non-selective. The majority of students are from the UK. Student numbers are about 120. Inspection judgements The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2008, and judged Good. Since then the responsibility for assessment has passed to ISI. Accreditation Rochester Independent College is affiliated to the Independent Schools Council (ISC) and a member of the Independent Schools Association (ISA). The college is also a member of British Boarding Schools Connected. Notable staff Artist and musician Billy Childish is a visiting lecturer References External links Rochester Independent College website Boarding School Fee Comparison From The Observer Magazine. Full Ofsted Inspection Report. Liz Lightfoot Feature Article from The Independent
Rochford Hall

Rochford Hall is a manor in Rochford, Essex, England. During the reign of King Henry VIII, it belonged to Thomas Boleyn, who was then Viscount Rochford, and it was the marital home of his daughter Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, and Mary's second husband, Sir William Stafford. It is now privately owned by Rochford Hundred Golf Club where it acts as the clubhouse and is a Grade I listed building. History The manor was originally built in 1216, which is the date carved into an old joist, and some of the arched doorways are original. In its 16th century form Rochford Hall comprised a sprawling turreted manor with a moat and great hall. Rochford Hall belonged to Sir Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne, as part of his rich inheritance from his mother Margaret Butler. Sir Thomas was created Viscount Rochford in 1525 and Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde 1529, and his title derived from his ownership of Rochford Hall. Following the second marriage of Anne's elder sister Mary to William Stafford in 1534, Rochford Hall was given to the couple as their principal residence. In 1550 the Rochford estate was sold to Richard, Lord Rich. By the late 17th Century Rochford Hall was owned by the Child Family of Wanstead House, Essex, later Earl Tylney. It then descended with the Wanstead Estate to James Tylney-Long, his daughter Catherine Tylney-Long and via the Long-Wellesley Family to Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley. He sold it to a local gentleman farmer in 1867. Rochford Hall was usually let, on long leases, or used by the Steward of the Rochford or greater Essex Estates of the Tylney-Long family. There have been many additions and alterations to the manor over the centuries, not least a catastrophic fire in 1791. The 20-foot-high (6.1 m) stained glass replica window in the main hall consists of three coats-of-arms of previous owners including the crest of Anne Boleyn. Rochford Estate References