Loadley Clough stream Wicken Grain Rushy Sike Clough stream Wessenden Head Reservoir is the highest in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park.

The Huddersfield Waterworks Act of 1890 led to Huddersfield Corporation purchasing the reservoirs from the Wessenden Commissioners in order to supply drinking water to the town.

[2][3] Wessenden Head Reservoir has a storage capacity of 82,000,000 imperial gallons (370,000,000 L).

The Wessenden Valley Woodland Project was initiated in 2017 to develop natural habitats with increased biodiversity.

[4] The Pennine Way long-distance footpath runs along the northern side of the reservoir and its dam.