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WATER TOWERS IN BRITAINBarton map number 16
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 Shropshire  WILCOTT WATER TOWER(16SH01)Wilcott, Nescliffe, just 2 miles north-west of Shrewsbury, just off the A5 road - photographed by Penny Mayes.  SHELTON WATER TOWER (16SH02)Shelton, just west of Shrewsbury. SY3 8BJ. This tower lies at the entrance to a military establishment on the A 458 road and is managed by Severn Trent Water. The name is over the door entrance. 3 Market Cross 1 to 4 & St Mary's, Shrewsbury  MARKET DRAYTON WATER TOWER(16SH04)Tower Close, TF9 2AB. Just west of the A529, south of Market Drayton. From Prospect Road, turn right into Cemetery Road, then turn right into Tower Close. This Severn Trent water tower appears to have its priorities changed being more important as a transmission tower than a water tower. 5 Cheswardine Hall, Chipnal  LUDLOW WATER TOWER (16SH06)Whitcliffe, Ludlow, Shropshire. This Clee View tower is located on the hills overlooking Ludlow where an astounding view can be had of Clee Hill to the east beyond Ludlow town. The tower dates from 1902 when is was constructed as part of the Birmingham Water Corporation project to secure a water supply from the Elan Valley in Wales. This project, which commenced in the last years of the 19th century, has continued to supply water to this day.  NETCHWOOD WATER TOWER (16SH07)Lying about 4 miles west of Bridgenorth, this tower is located at Netchwood alongside a north - south country lane. WV16 6SE. It has imaginatively been converted to residential and at the time of viewing was nearing completion. The conversion was first promoted in 2012.  TASLEY WATER TOWER (16SH08)About a mile west of Bridgenorth lies the village of Tasley on a minor road off the A 458. The tower can be seen on the hill as you approach the village. The property comprises a prominent free-standing octagonal water tower. The elevated tank is supported on eight legs with a steel ladder running up one side to the dome of the tower where there is a railed perimeter. It is owned by Severn Trent Water and is disused. It is coming up for auction at the time of finding in 2022. 9 RAF Shawbury 10 Old Woodhouse 11 Lady Forester Hospital, Much Wenlock. The building survives as a Care Home for the Elderly in Farley Road, A4169, Much Wenlock. There is no sign of the water tower however. Staffordshire 1 Ashley Heath - Tower Road exists but no sign of water tower.  HANCHURCH WATER TOWER(16ST02)Harley Thorn Lane, Hanchurch Hills, just south-west of the M6 motorway Jn. 15. Staffordshire Potteries built this tower circa. 1890, to supply Newcastle under Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent to the north, in conjunction with the adjacent reservoir located as part of the overall development. Grid Ref. ST 840440.  SWYNNERTON WATER TOWER(16ST03)This tower is converted to private residential status albeit located alongside a Severn Trent reservoir. It lies about 4 miles west of Stone, in Stab Lane, ST15 0QD, about half a mile north of Swynnerton village. It dates from circa. 1890 and is Grade II listed. Grid Ref. ST 840440. 4 Meir Heath 5 Longsdon  ESSINGTON 1 WATER TOWER (16ST06(1))Hill Street, Essington, Staffs. No longer a working water tower since the early 21st century. Local pressure to remove it. Now used for aerial masts. 6 Essington 2 7 Bednall GONE 8 Morrilow Heath  PYE GREEN WATER TOWER (16ST09)Hednesford, Staffs. WS12 4LL. 65 feet high and 800 feet above sea level; this tower can be seen at the hill top, northern end of Pye Green Road. It is operated by the South Staffordshire Water Company and has a date of 1934 over the entrance door. 10 Hanbury 11 Rolleston on Dove 12 Winshill, Burton on Trent 13 Michelin, Stoke on Trent GONE 14 St Edward's Hospital, Leek 15 Burton Workhouse 1 & 2 GONE West Midlands  WORDSLEY HOSPITAL WATER TOWER (16WM01)Tower Lodge. Wordsley lies to the north of Stourbridge, west of Birmingham. The tower is located on the northern side of Wordsley to the east of the main A491 road. Formerly part of Worsley Hospital, this tower survived the closing of the hospital and a period of dereliction before a now role was established with the conversion of the estate to residential housing. Grid Ref. 894875. This is not to be confused with Wordsley High Acres Water Tower which is a privately owned concrete tower with antennae masts.  GOLDTHORN HILL WATER TOWER (16WM02)WV2 3JA. Located at the top of Goldthorn Hill. This tower is at present derelict (2023) as the site overall awaits redevelopment. It dates from 1851 and was a pumping station utilising the water from local deep wells to supply the local community. It is Grade II listed. 3 Turners Hill, Rowley Regis GONE  WARLEY WATER TOWER (16WM04)This magnificent tower stands at the top of a hill and is visible for some distance. It is located in a much larger working site of the local water company in Harbourne Road, B68 9JG. It lies just inside the West Midlands region, to the south near the border with Hereford and Worcester. It is operated by South Staffordshire Water.  HOLLYMOOR HOSPITAL WATER TOWER (16WM05)Sovereign Heights B31 5DX. No longer a working water tower, Hollymoor Hospital remains a working medical centre in Holymoor Way, Frankley, West Midlands. The tower is Grade II listed and formerly served the hospital/asylum. > 
The above Spode plate illustration is of an early 19th century water tower, albeit location unknown. REGION England - Central, WATER TOWER INTEREST |
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