Lake · England

Woodhead Reservoir

237 m778 ft

Area: 0.52 km²
Tonight: 5°CCloudy · Wind 27 km/h W

Woodhead Reservoir is a lake at 237 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 0.52 km² in area and 2.1 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 237 m
Length: 2.1 km
Shoreline: 5.9 km

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Lake

Woodhead Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 5.9 km≈1½ h to walk around

3D map

Woodhead Reservoir 3D map

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Surface

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Woodhead Reservoir terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Woodhead Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Woodhead Reservoir weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 27 km/h W

Woodhead Reservoir forecast for about 237 m.

Tonight5°–27 km/h W
Today6°11°21.4 mm42 km/h SW
Sun6°9°8.7 mm47 km/h W
Mon6°14°8.8 mm36 km/h SW
Tue8°13°5.1 mm39 km/h SW
Wed8°11°2.1 mm23 km/h SW
Thu9°11°0.1 mm12 km/h SE
Fri9°11°6.9 mm16 km/h SE
Sat5°10°9.9 mm21 km/h SE
Sun4°8°–22 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Woodhead Reservoir

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Woodhead Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.7 km WSW
+2 more within 2.3 km
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Nearest campsite
Crowden Campsite
1.8 km W · +1 more within 7.3 km
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Nearest caravan site
Windy Harbour Hotel Caravan and Camping Site
6.1 km SW · +1 more within 7.1 km
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.7 km WSW
CrowdenParking	1.6 km WSW
Crowden CampsiteCampsite	1.8 km W
Parking	2.3 km WSW
Windy Harbour Hotel Caravan and Camping SiteCaravan site	6.1 km SW
Whitegate Leisure Camping & Caravan SiteCaravan site	7.1 km NE
Crossgate Farm CampsiteCampsite	7.3 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 4.1 × 4.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 70% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

70.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.4%

Steep, 30–45°

1.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.6% of the 17 km² view
Relief in view: 370 m low point 198 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 82.6%Trees 13.8%Water 3.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.1 km; 541 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mountain Bumble Bee15
Maidenhair spleenwort11
Western Barn Owl10
Wall-rue10
Mediterranean Gull10
Hart's-tongue fern9

Where it sits

Where Woodhead Reservoir sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Woodhead Reservoir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGWoodhead Reservoir satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-06-19.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-06-19)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Woodhead Reservoir

West → east through the centre

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