11-562: Fernilee Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir fed by the River Goyt in the Peak District National Park , within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire . The village of Fernliee sits at the north end of the reservoir, with Goyt's Moss to the south and between Hoo Moor to the west and Combs Moss to the east. It was inaugurated in 1932 (following an Act of Parliament in 1825) and construction
22-793: Is joined by the Todd Brook . Thereafter it passes through Whaley Bridge , New Mills (where it is joined by the River Sett ) and Marple Bridge . Having been joined by the River Etherow , the Goyt joins the River Tame at Stockport , forming the River Mersey . The section of the Goyt valley between Etherow Country Park and Whaley Bridge is followed by the Goyt Way , a 10-mile (16 km) walking route and part of
33-766: The Middle English gote , meaning "a watercourse, a stream". Derivation from the Welsh gwyth meaning "vein" has been suggested, but described as "doubtful". The Goyt rises on the moors of Axe Edge , near the River Dane and the Cat and Fiddle Inn . The area is known as the Upper Goyt Valley . The old Cat and Fiddle Road from Buxton to Macclesfield crosses the river just as it turns northwards to flow down its well-known valley. The river then flows under Derbyshire Bridge, which
44-481: The border between Cheshire and Derbyshire for a short distance before filling Toddbrook Reservoir in Derbyshire. The brook flows into the River Goyt at Whaley Bridge . The brook's Environment Agency pollution classification changed from good to moderate in 2014. 53°19′35″N 1°59′16″W / 53.32650°N 1.98790°W / 53.32650; -1.98790 This Cheshire location article
55-671: The longer Midshires Way . The River Goyt is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a girl whose Royalist lover drowned in the river. The river's Environment Agency pollution classification changed from moderate to poor in its lower section from the Etherow to the Mersey in 2016, and in 2015 for the New Mills to Whaley Bridge length. Otherwise the quality is moderate. List of mills in New Mills area "The Goyt Valley (Fact Sheet: 16)" (PDF) . Peak District National Park Authority. Archived from
66-510: The original (PDF) on 12 May 2013 . Retrieved 28 April 2014 . Todd Brook Todd Brook is a small river running through the English counties of Cheshire and Derbyshire . The Brook rises beneath Shining Tor on the border between the two counties and flows northwards through east Cheshire, passing by Jenkin Chapel , Windgather Rocks and Kettleshulme before turning east, forming
77-661: The railway line was closed in 1896. The creation of the reservoir submerged the Chilworth Gunpowder Mill. It manufactured chemical explosives from the 16th century until World War I . The Peak District Boundary Walk crosses the Errwood Dam at the head of Fernilee Reservoir and then tracks along the west side of the reservoir. River Goyt The River Goyt is a tributary of the River Mersey in North West England . The name Goyt may be derived from
88-669: The surrounding area. It is currently owned and operated by United Utilities . The lower Toddbrook Reservoir at Whaley Bridge drains into the River Goyt but is fed from the Todd Brook stream. The disused Cromford and High Peak Railway line (which connected the High Peak canal at Whaley Bridge with the River Derwent in Cromford ) runs along the east side of the reservoir. This stretch of
99-551: Was completed in 1938, costing £480,000. Its capacity is about 5 billion litres and is 38m deep. Local farming families were forced to leave their ancestral land. A 'Tin Town' corrugated iron temporary village was built near Fernilee for the navvy workers. The hamlet of Goyt's Bridge and Errwood Hall (the Grimshawe family mansion) were destroyed in the 1930s to prevent any pollution of the water running into Fernilee Reservoir. The reservoir
110-541: Was the first and lower of two reservoirs built by the Stockport Corporation Waterworks (after they acquired the Grimshawe estate) in the Goyt Valley , the other one being Errwood Reservoir . The Street Roman road runs alongside Errwood Reservoir and to the west of Fernilee Reservoir. Both reservoirs were built by Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand. The reservoir provides drinking water for Stockport town and
121-486: Was the old boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire . Later it reaches an old packhorse bridge that was moved when Errwood reservoir was built in the 1960s (see photo below). Further downstream there is another reservoir , the Fernilee Reservoir , built in 1938. The original line of the Cromford and High Peak Railway can be seen near this point. The Goyt then passes through Taxal and Horwich End where it
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