page_title: Belmont Reservoir
hierarchical_section_title: Belmont Reservoir
caption_attribution_description: English: Belmont Reservoir. Taken from near outflow, showing Bolton sailing club on promontory.
context_page_description: Belmont Reservoir is a reservoir north of the small moorland village of Belmont, Lancashire, England, fed by the Belmont Brook. It was built in 1826 by the Bolton Waterworks to supply water to the rapidly expanding town of Bolton. Belmont was once a thriving industrial centre for stone quarrying and printing. The reservoir is the home of the Bolton Sailing Club. The reservoir is important to wintering wildfowl.
context_section_description: Belmont Reservoir is a reservoir north of the small moorland village of Belmont, Lancashire, England, fed by the Belmont Brook.  It was built in 1826 by the Bolton Waterworks to supply water to the rapidly expanding town of Bolton.    Belmont was once a thriving industrial centre for stone quarrying and printing. The reservoir is the home of the Bolton Sailing Club. The reservoir is important to wintering wildfowl.
caption: Belmont Reservoir. Taken from near outflow, showing Bolton sailing club on promontory.
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