Higher Swineshaw Reservoir is the highest reservoir in a series of four in the Brushes Valley above Stalybridge in Greater Manchester. It was built in the 19th century by the corporations of Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge to provide a supply of safe drinking water, one of four reservoirs authorised by the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge (Corporations) Waterworks Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict.
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c. xlvii). Though the reservoir and its watershed are totally in Greater Manchester it is within a mile of the Derbyshire border. It is owned and operated by United Utilities. The reservoir dam consists of a clay core within an earth embankment. The Peak District Boundary Walk runs across the dam on the south side of the reservoir.
See also
Walkerwood Reservoir Brushes Reservoir Lower Swineshaw Reservoir