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WATER TOWERS IN BRITAINBarton map number 14
In order to display a database of water towers, Britain has been divided into county groups with each group on a separate web page. The starting point is the towers identified in Barton B. (2003) Water Towers of Britain, The Newcomen Society. This data has then been updated.
Email: towers@thespas.co.uk (click here to send an email) Website: Click Here ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Hereford and Worcestershire  UPTON WATER TOWER (14HW00)Located to the east of Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, near the junction of the road from Upton with the A38 Worcester to Tewkesbury road. Located in a field, this windmill and water tower are in poor condition.  BROOMY HILL WATER TOWER (14HW01)This water tower is located on the western side of Hereford. Visibility is difficult as it lies in the centre of the Mid Wales Area Office and estate of the water company Dwr Cymru, Welsh Water. A good starting point for explorers is Tower Road. In the 19th century houses were being built above the pumping station and the water tower was erected in 1883 with a 45,000 gallon tank. The tower was granted Grade 2 listed status in 1991. Grid Ref. 495396. Nearby is the Waterworks Museum in the old pumping station. 2 Welsh Newton 3 Doward 4 Leysters GONE  TENBURY WELLS WATER TOWER (14HW05) GONEWR15 8TB This tower is something of a mystery. Designated as being at Oldwood, just south of Tenbury Wells, indications are that it was in the village along Spring Grove, almost opposite the Fountain Public House on the Oldwood Road. All that can be found there today is a Severn Trent pumping station. So perhaps it has been removed, leaving just the infrastucture there? Our investigations continue. 6 Bredenbury, (Grendon Green) GONE 7 High Wood GONE  BROAD HEATH WATER TOWER (14HW8)This tower is located near The Fox Inn east of Tenbury Wells at Hanley Broadheath WR15 8QS on the B4204. Modern concrete construction. 9 Rock  LONGBANK WATER TOWER (14HW10)near Callow Hill, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 2QP. SO 75807 74159. Operated by Severn Trent Water, this tower is located near the Running Horse Inn on the A456 Bewdley By-Pass also known as Long Bank. It was built circa. 1920. 11 Summerfield, Kidderminster GONE  BISHOPS WOOD WATER TOWER (14HW12)DY13 9SE. Operated by Severn Trent Water this tower is located at Crossway Green, a village on your left on the road from Ombersley to Hartlebury. Turn left at the roundabout and then first on your left. It lies in the wood on your left. Modern concrete construction. In November 2023 - for sale by auction, starting price £50,000.00, sold for £164,500.00.  UPHAMPTON WATER TOWER (14HW13)Uphampton, Ombersley. The tower lies to the immediate north-west of Ombersley. From the Ombersley roundabout, head north. Just before the road joins the main A449 north take the left turn. Park in Sandys Road by the bend and take the track through the allotments. Cross the allotments into the adjacent field. Just before the barn on the right, go left through the hedge. Then follow the left hand track and the tower is on the right. Grid Ref 838642. Plumbing and electrics inside suggest that this is still a working water tower albeit not operated by a formal water supply company. 14 Hartlebury  DROITWICH WATER TOWER (14HW15)This impressive tower dates from the 1960s. It is positioned south-east of Droitwich on the top of a substantial hill and all around it are a series of new housing estates. Access is now from Dove Crescent. The tower is also known as Yew Tree Hill Water Tower. It is owned and operated by Severn Trent and stands at 110 feet (34 m) tall and takes 150,000 gallons. Conservationists are keen to protect the magnificent view of the tower from obstruction by development. 16 Crowle  ROMSLEY HILL WATER TOWER (14HW17)The tower lies south of the village of Romsley on Romsley Hill in Farley Lane, just to the west of the M5 motorway with junction 4 about 3 miles south. It is a working water tower with a local source supplying local residents. It was built by the local water company in 1930. It is of steel and concrete construction with the framework enclosed in external walls. Grid Ref. 963788. It is operated by South Staffordshire Water.  HEADLESS CROSS REDDITCH WATER TOWERS (14HW18a&b)
These two water towers are located at Headless Cross, a village on the south-west side of Redditch about 2 miles north of Astwood Bank. Tower "a" is managed by Severn Trent Water and is a prominent landscape feature, visible from great distance. It dates from the 1970s and lies on the eastern side of the main road opposite Highfield House. Grid ref. SP 0387 6602. The second tower "b" lies on the western side of the main road almost opposite "a". This brick tower dates from 1882 when it was built by the East Worcestershire Water Company. It was superseded by tower "a" and has subsequently become residential.
19 Astwood Bank - GONE  WEATHEROAK HILL WATER TOWER 2(14HW20)This is one of two water towers that are recorded at Weatheroak Hill, about two miles east of Alvechurch, near Bromsgrove, and just north of the M42 motorway near junction 3. OS Grid: SP059740. It lies on the south side of the road. Built in the early 19th century as a windmill, it was subsequently converted to a water tower and later to residential. It is Grade 11 listed. 21 Weatheroak Hill 1 Not Found 22 Gorcott Hill (Bransons Cross) 23 Pebworth - not found. 24 County Hospital, Hereford. (Gone) 25 Winterfold 26 Barnsley Hall, Bromsgrove GONE  TRIMPLEY TOWER?School House, Trimpley, near Bewdley. DY12 1NZ. SO793784. Was this originally a water tower? It is on the site of the former village school which occupied the buiding next door for many years. The two buildings were connected when the site was converted to residential. At the northern end of the hamlet of Trimpley is the ancient Eymore Wood, bounded on its west by the Severn Valley Railway, beyond which lies Trimpley Reservoir. Gloucestershire 1 Speech House GONE 2 Maisemore (Woolridge) - not found  THE MYTHE WATER TOWER (14GL03)About one mile north of Tewkesbury GL20 6EB in Gloucestershire on the A38, this tower is now residential having ceased service to the local community in 1960. Built 1889, it comprises a tower and accompanying underground water storage tank. Grade II listed. 4 Harmhill GONE 5 Springhall Tank GONE 6 Windrush Tank - not found.  KINGSCOTE WATER TOWER, (14GL07) Near Kingscote, Gloucestershire. This tower lies just north of the A 4135 road about a mile west of Kingscote. It appears to be in use and surrounded by woodland although a notice on it states that it is out of service and should not be used. Coming from Kingscote, take the minor road west until you meet the north-south lane. Turn right and then soon after turn left on to the B 4068 road. The tower is a short distance down on the left. Grid Ref. 803968.  TETBURY WATER TOWER, (14GL08) Tetbury, Gloucestershire. This tower is located a short distance north of the town along the Lowfield Road. It is opposite the entrance to Upton Gardens. In 1892 a waterworks on Lowfield Road was established with water obtained from two boreholes. This subsequently led to enhanced water for the local communities. In 1961 Bristol Waterworks Company took over from Tetbury RDC  TARLTON WATER TOWER, (14GL09) Tarlton, Gloucestershire. This tower lies at the south-west end of the village of Tarlton at the end of Sandpool Lane. The village is about 4 miles west-south-west of Cirencester. The tower is managed by Thames Water and is a working facility. Grid Ref. 958993. 10 Sharpness Docks GONE 
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