Fernilee Reservoir was the first reservoir built in the Goyt valley and completed in 1938. It supplies all the water for Stockport. It is a popular walking area, and there is a 3 mile (5 km) woodland walk that goes around the entire reservoir. The walk along the eastern shore is particularly popular with dog-walkers and families with young children as it is on an old railway line. There is parking at the northern and southern ends.

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1. Errwood Reservoir – Fernilee Reservoir loop from Fernilee Reservoir

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2. Shining Tor trig point – Errwood Reservoir loop from Whaley Bridge

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3. Shining Tor trig point – Errwood Reservoir loop from Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough

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Location: Hartington Upper Quarter, High Peak, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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1. Errwood Reservoir – Fernilee Reservoir loop from Fernilee Reservoir

2. Shining Tor trig point – Errwood Reservoir loop from Whaley Bridge

3. Shining Tor trig point – Errwood Reservoir loop from Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough

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