| Yarrow Reservoir | |
| Location: | Lancashire |
| Coords: | 53.6361°N -2.5675°W |
| Type: | Reservoir |
| Inflow: | River Yarrow |
| Outflow: | River Yarrow |
| Basin Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Cities: | Chorley, Lancashire |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Borough of Chorley |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Chorley Borough |
Yarrow Reservoir – named after the River Yarrow – is a reservoir in the Rivington chain in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second to Anglezarke Reservoir. Construction of the reservoir, designed by Liverpool Borough Engineer Thomas Duncan, began in 1867.[1]
In 2002, several tons of fish were transported to this reservoir when the Upper Rivington reservoir was completely drained for essential maintenance work.[2]
The construction of Yarrow Reservoir was described in Wm. Fergusson Irvine's book A Short History of the Township of Rivington:
The construction of the reservoir meant that a small hamlet called Alance was flooded, centred on the rebuilt Alance Bridge, and a large dwelling was demolished - Turner's Farm - which lives on in current maps only in name as Turner's Embankment.[3]