Advantages: Tranquil, free to visit Disadvantages: Difficult to find, no circular footpath all the way around
Firsby Reservoirs lie approximately 4 miles (7 Kilometres) to the north east of Rotherham town centre in South Yorkshire. They consist of two separate bodies of water that were created between 1874 and 1880 to provide a supply of fresh drinking water to Rotherham and the surrounding area. Their secondary purpose was to also to act as holding reservoirs for the nearby Thrybergh Reservoir.
However, it seemed that the odds were stacked against these ... ...was so heavily polluted that Firsby Reservoirs were no longer viable as a source of drinking water and they became redundant. For the next six years they lay neglected but during this period local conservationists realised their importance as a wetland habitat. Plans to turn the area into a nature reserve were discussed and in 1980 Yorkshire Water, who owned the site up to that point, sold it for a token sum of money to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough ...
micksheff 26.03.2008
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