Belmont Reservoir

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.