Deanhead Reservoir

Deanhead Reservoir is a reservoir near Scammonden, in the metropolitan district of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

Deanhead Reservoir
Deanhead Reservoir
LocationKirklees, West Yorkshire
Coordinates53°37′58″N 1°56′39″W
Lake typereservoir
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Surface area6.7 hectares (17 acres)[1]
Surface elevation988 feet (301 m)

It is named after Dean Head, a village that was mostly submerged during construction of the dam. Construction started in 1838 and it opened a year later, almost 140 years before Scammonden Reservoir (its downstream neighbour) was opened in 1971.[2][3] Water flowing out of Deanhead forms Black Burne Brook which now feeds into Scammonden Water.[4] Deanhead reservoir was originally constructed to supply water to the factories in the Blackburn Valley that was downstream of the reservoir.[5] During the 1995 drought, the outlines of foundations of buildings in the village were visible.

Deanhead also is the name of a Pennine pass to the south of the reservoir, which carries the A640 from Huddersfield to Denshaw, following the course of a Roman road.

References
  1. "Deanhead Reservoir". British Lakes. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. "History of the Huddersfield Water Supplies (1939) – Chapter V". Huddersfield Exposed. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. "Scammonden Dam". Engineering Timelines. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. "Teeter around the edge of Scammonden Reservoir". Halifax Courier. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. Gibson, Mel (16 August 2008). "Into a secret valley; Cycle ride The Blackburn Valley and Scammonden". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner: 12. ISSN 0962-1644.


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