Thirlmere

E415405
lake reservoir

Thirlmere is a reservoir in England’s Lake District, known for its scenic mountain surroundings and role in supplying water to the city of Manchester.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thirlmere canonical 4
Thirlmere Valley 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
aqueductName Thirlmere Aqueduct ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
catchmentArea eastern slopes of Helvellyn range ⓘ
completedIn 1894 ⓘ
constructionStartDate late 19th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Manchester Corporation ⓘ
damType masonry dam ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 150 m ⓘ
formedBy damming of natural lakes ⓘ
formedFrom Leathes Water ⓘ
Wythburn Water ⓘ
hasDam Thirlmere Dam ⓘ
hasIsland Deer Island ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Legburthwaite ⓘ
Wythburn ⓘ
hasRoadAlongShore A591 ⓘ
hasWalkingRoute access to Helvellyn ridge ⓘ
lakeside paths ⓘ
historicalControversy opposition from Lake District conservationists ⓘ
length approximately 6 km ⓘ
locatedIn Cumbria ⓘ
England ⓘ
Lake District ⓘ
locatedInNationalPark Lake District ⓘ
surface form: Lake District National Park
locatedNear Dunmail Raise area ⓘ
surface form: Dunmail Raise

Helvellyn ⓘ
Keswick ⓘ
locatedOn eastern side of the Cumbrian mountains ⓘ
managedBy United Utilities ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 38 m ⓘ
notableFor role in supplying water to Manchester ⓘ
scenic mountain surroundings ⓘ
originalValleyName Thirlmere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thirlmere Valley
outflow River Cocker NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Thirlmere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thirlmere Valley
surfaceArea approximately 3.3 km² ⓘ
surroundedBy conifer plantations ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
walking ⓘ
waterSupplierFor Manchester ⓘ
waterTransportMethodToManchester aqueduct ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helvellyn → hasLakeView → Thirlmere ⓘ
Helvellyn → hasRouteFrom → Thirlmere ⓘ
Cumbrian Mountains → overlooks → Thirlmere ⓘ
Eastern Fells → borders → Thirlmere ⓘ
Thirlmere → partOf → Thirlmere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirlmere Valley
Thirlmere → originalValleyName → Thirlmere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirlmere Valley