Above: This attractive footpath is at around point 9 on the map below. Above: The walk starts from the small carpark at the northern end of Fernilee Reservoir. (Click to enlarge.) I’ve just added walk 18 to the series: Fernilee Reservoir west bank. It’s...
Walk 14 around Fernilee Reservoir starts from the main car park. Click here to view the video, along with detailed directions and photos. I’ve just added the video for walk 14: an easy, four-mile circular stroll around Fernilee Reservoir, with an additional...
Above: The walk around Fernilee Reservoir is always popular, but I’ve extended it slightly further by going down to the the small bridge over the Goyt and returning along the river bank. Below: The walk between Errwood and Goytsclough is more challenging, but...
Above: Members of Stockport Corporation attend the opening ceremony of Fernilee Reservoir in 1937. Above: Click the image to view a cine film taken of the Inauguration ceremony at the start of construction in 1932. The construction of the twin reservoirs of Fernilee...
Click any image to enlarge. Above: This photo shows the suspension bridge being dismantled during the construction of Errwood Reservoir in the mid 1960s. From RS-S: This is quite an interesting old photograph taken before the flooding of the Valley. It...
Above: Construction ‘navvies’ pictured in their well-stocked pub, conveniently situated next to their temporary housing on the Valentine Road from Fernilee. This 1932 silent film records the Inauguration ceremony for the start of construction of Fernilee...
Above: the small wooden footbridge was destroyed by a fallen tree. It was last year (2011) that a falling tree destroyed the small wooden bridge on the woodland walk above Fernillee Reservoir. It was due to be replaced in March, but it now looks like it’s been...
