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WATER TOWERS IN BRITAINBarton map number 2
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.
Website: Click Here ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Somerset  ROCKWELL GREEN WATER TOWERS (02SS01)Wellington, Somerset. These two towers are located on the western side of Wellington and lie next to Rockwell Green Village Hall, between Rockwell Green Road and Warren Street and together are a unique pair. In the past the Council have taken steps to ensure these landmarks look in good order, the reason being they are Grade II listed and have been in private hands since 2013. The towers originated as a result of an epidemic of enteric fever (a form of typhoid) in the early 1870s.  WELLINGTON WATER TOWER (02SS02)Dark Lane, Wellinghton, Somerset. TA21 9QG. Wellington lies south-west of Taunton on the A38 road. This tower is converted to residential and has been altered with the provision of corner towers concealing part of the tank.  HIGHER MUNTY WATER TOWER (02SS03)This tower lies on private farmland in Higher Munty, which is about 1 mile west of Churchingford, Somerset. If you bump into the farmer, do not expect a cup of coffee! Grid Ref. 199124.  CHURCHINGFORD WATER TOWER (02SS04)Church Road. This relatively modern water tower stands adjacent to the road that leads north-west to Churchstanton. It is situated about a mile out of Churchingford on the right, just before the cross roads with the road that leads north - south. Grid Ref. 206135. It is managed by Wessex Water. 5. Culmhead (Holman Glavel) NOT FOUND 6. Stoke St Gregory GONE 7. Notting Hill, Weare GONE 8. Alston Sutton GONE  MEARE WATER TOWERS (02SS09)Located in Stileway on the southern side of the main road that passes through Meare, A 461. Glastonbury is about 4 miles down this road heading south-east. The tower is managed by Bristol Waterworks. Grid Ref. 461412. 10. Kingdown GONE 11. Mudford, Yeovil 12. Slabhouse GONE 13. Binegar GONE 14. Tadhill, Leigh on Mendip GONE  TURNERS TOWER (02SS15)Terry Hill, Hemington. This tower has unfortunately gone, being apparently demolished in the 1980s. It lay behind cottages named after it, just north-east of the junction of the A366 and the A362 at Terry Hill, about 1.5 miles south-east of Radstock. Grid Ref 723543. Do send a picture if you have one. bruce@thespas.co.uk 16. Buckland Dinham GONE 17. Frome GONE 18. Norton St Philip GONE 19. Farleigh Hungerford  YEOVILTON AIRFIELD WATER TOWER(02SS20)This tower lies on the north side of the airfield at Yeovilton, on the south side of the B3151 road near Podimore. It is adjacent to the HMS Arc Royal, Fleet Air Arm Museum.  PITNEY WATER TOWER (02SS21)Pitney is about 2 miles west of Somerton. On the B3153, Somerton Hill accommodates Middlegate Farm and the water tower.  WELLINGTON HILL WATER TOWER (02SS22)This tippled farm tower lies on the north side of the Wellington Hill road that runs east - west across Blackdown Hill about 3 miles south of Wellington town, Somerset.
 DORCHESTER WATER TOWER (02DO01)Bridport Road A3150 opposite Dorset County Hospital, near the junction with Hawthorn Road, Dorchester. This six sided tower with arches dates from 1880 but was taken out of service in 2005. The site is managed by Wessex Water.  BLOXWORTH WATER TOWER (02DO02)This water tower is located near Bere Regis, at SY 88694 94604. It is an old concrete tower with legs. Access is difficult and the tower is surrounded by trees.  LYTCHETT MATRAVERS WATER TOWER (02DO03)A small square tower lying within trees and bracken located on the north-western side of the village. Walk up High Street crossing Middle Road by the war memorial, past the Chequers Inn and Jenny Lane; the tower is on the right.  BROADSTONE WATER TOWER (02DO04)Lies on the south side of Dunyeats Road, opposite Broadstone Middle School. Poole, BH18 8LL. It was built in 1894 and is Grade II listed. It is one of a similar pair of such towers in Dorset.  SWANAGE WATER TOWER (02DO05)12/13 Purbeck Terrace, near where it crosses Bon Accord Road. BH19 7DE. Swanage. This tower, which dates from 1886, is visible from a substantial distance in spite of being surrounded by modern housing. Forty five feet high, the tower had two tanks holding a total of just under 28,000 gallons of water from an artesian well at Sunnydale. In 1892 a new reservoir at Ulwell made the tower redundant. It subsequently changed hands several times. During WW II it was requisitioned as a machine gun post. Resembling a square castle on top of the hill, it is now in private occupation. It is Grade II listed.  MANNINGS HEATH WATER TOWER (02DO06)This tower overlooks the Mannings Heath Leisure and Retail Park, Poole, on the B 3049. It is in Calluna Road. It stands in a contractors yard on the right when heading out of Poole.  UPPER PARKSTONE WATER TOWER (02DO07)Mansfield Road, Poole, BH14 0DD. It was built in the late 19th century and is Grade II listed. It is one of a similar pair of such towers in Dorset. The tower continues to provide a site for radio antenna etc. 8. Aldemey, Boumemouth GONE WESTBOURNE WATER TOWER (02DO09) This folly is in the park at 27a Surrey Road, BH4 9JX. Westbourne, Bournemouth. (just south of Mayrick Park). This miniature tower lies in Upper Gardens alongside the stream. It was built in 1883-1903 as a folly. Water came via a waterwheel and it fed a fountain and water collection facility.  BOSCOMBE WATER TOWER (02DO00)56-58 Palmerston Road, near Shelly Road, Bournemouth. BH1 4HT. Part of a NHS Hospital site, the tower now comprises 9 apartments. The water tower was built in 1869 for the Bournemouth and District Water Company and is now Grade II listed. It had a capacity of 160,000 gallons.  SOUTHBOURNE WATER TOWER (02DO10)The tower lies in Seafield Gardens, Seafield Road, Bournemouth. and is a stunning backdrop to recreation facilities. It is believed that it was built to supply the Southbourne-on-Sea area following problems with the Iford Pumping Station. The tower was built at a cost of £2,500 for West Hants Water Company. It is now a Grade II Listed building apparently in private ownership.  LEWESTON WATER TOWER (02DO11)Lies in Lillington parish DT9 6EN, near Sherborne, in north west Dorset. Built in 1930 to supply Leweston Manor, this helter-skelter tower was converted to residential in 2001. It is Grade II listed. MEYRICK PARK WATER TOWER (02DO12) GONE, Bournemouth. There was once a water tower in Meyrick Park, Westbourne. It was Britain's first reinforced concrete tower and was erected in 1900 for the Borough Council. It had a capacity of 15,000 gallons, not for public supply but to water the Park gardens and greens. Despite being listed it was demolished in 1994.  BLANDFORD CAMP WATER TOWER (00DO13)Blandford Camp is a military base located on a hill top just south-west of Pimperne village, Dorset. The water tower is situated on the south-east boundary within a substantial clump of trees. To view the tower the boundary can be accessed via Yarde Lane, a rough track off the A354 on the south side of Pimperne. Climb the track as it goes around to the right and reaches two large barns. Here turn left up a path to the top of the hill. The tower can be seen by following the camp boundary fence a short distance to the right. The tower appears to be a pair of substantial steel tanks on concrete legs. Grid. Ref. ST 914084 The following details water towers in the U.S. 
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