Old Warke Dam

The 1st Earl of Ellesmere constructed Old Warke Dam as a private boating and fishing lake in the nineteenth century.

The existing dam is the third to be built at this location, the earlier dams being sited east of the Delph, and which were used to supply power to the mill to grind corn and to power other industrial machinery.

Old Warke Dam now forms part of a local nature reserve and is a site of special biological interest (Wet Woodland).

Old Warke Aviary

Local History

Historic monuments near Old Warke Dam

Lime kiln and associated culvert 50m north of Worsley Methodist Church – 0.65 km away
Bridgewater Canal’s Barton Aqueduct embankment and retaining walls – 3.33 km away
Radcliffe Tower and site of hall 100m south west of the parish church in Radcliffe – 7.99 km away
Wardley Hall moated site, Worsley – 1.40 km away
New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital – 5.31 km away
Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm – 9.53 km away
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf – 0.50 km away
Ringley Old Bridge – 4.65 km away
Morley’s Hall moated site – 6.49 km away
Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear – 4.86 km away

Historic Buildings in Old Warke Dam