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View of Greenbooth Reservoir

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View of Greenbooth Reservoir

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View of Greenbooth Reservoir

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Location: Greater Manchester, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. View of Greenbooth Reservoir – Greenbooth Reservoir loop from Norden

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2. View of Greenbooth Reservoir – Greenbooth Reservoir loop from Shawfield

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3. View of Greenbooth Reservoir – Greenbooth Reservoir loop from Norden

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Ian Delve

October 26, 2022

In 1846, Heywood Waterworks Company finished constructing the Naden Reservoirs (Lower Naden, Middle Naden and Higher Naden) in the valley above the village of Greenbooth. By the 1950s, the village consisted of around 80 cottages, a sweet shop, a Co-op store and a school. There was also a woollen mill.
In 1958, Heywood and Middleton Water Board decided that another reservoir was needed to supply water to the growing population of Rochdale and started
construction of Greenbooth Reservoir that same year. It took over two years to build, with the village abandoned, mostly demolished and then submerged. The reservoir was completed in 1961 and officially opened in August 1965.
The only visible reminder of Greenbooth village today is a plaque on the side of the reservoir dam wall which reads: "This tablet commemorates the village of Greenbooth, the site of which is submerged beneath the waters of this reservoir

Wes Fortune

April 16, 2025

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May 30, 2025

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View of Greenbooth Reservoir

1. View of Greenbooth Reservoir – Greenbooth Reservoir loop from Norden

2. View of Greenbooth Reservoir – Greenbooth Reservoir loop from Shawfield

3. View of Greenbooth Reservoir – Greenbooth Reservoir loop from Norden

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