Belmont Reservoir Explained

Belmont Reservoir
Location:	Belmont, Lancashire, England
Coords:	53.645°N -2.4936°W
Pushpin Map:	United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Blackburn with Darwen

Belmont Reservoir is a reservoir north of the small moorland village of Belmont, Lancashire, England, fed by the Belmont Brook.^{[1] [2]} It was built in 1826 by the Bolton Waterworks to supply water to the rapidly expanding town of Bolton.^[3] Belmont was once a thriving industrial centre for stone quarrying and printing.^[1] The reservoir is the home of the Bolton Sailing Club.^[4] The reservoir is important to wintering wildfowl.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: waterscape.com. 7 February 2010.
2. Web site: northturton.com. 7 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091102093331/http://www.northturton.com/belmont/bel_01.html. 2 November 2009. dead.
3. Web site: The full Witton Weavers Way. 6 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317234410/http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.21132&setPaginate=No. 17 March 2012.
4. Web site: Bolton Sailing Club. 8 September 2009 . 7 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100323165224/http://www.sail.org.uk/contact-us/how-to-find-us/. 23 March 2010 . live.