Fabulous views from this stop where Far Long Gill runs down into the reservoir. This one is one of the two reservoirs built near Bolton Abbey in the 19th century. The Lower Barden one here is an impressively large one, 640m in length and 28m in depth! (depending on the rainfall, I suspect)

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Elevation 230 m

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Wednesday 15 April

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Location: Barden, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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