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WONDERFUL 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.
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 NOT FOUND 3 Doward NOT FOUND 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 (14HW08) This tower is located near The Fox Inn east of Tenbury Wells at Hanley Broadheath WR15 8QS on the B4204. Modern concrete construction.  ROCK WATER TOWER (14HW09) This tower once existed at Rock, a village midway between Tenbury Wells and Kidderminster in Worcestershire. The precise location being adjacent to the A 456 road, north side, at Grid Ref. 726734. Research has resulted in it not being found and so it is concluded that it has been demolished. To continue your voyage of discovery click left.  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.  HARTLEBURY (SHENSTONE) WATER TOWER (14HW14) Now converted to residential use and located between the village of Shenstone and Hartlebury, this tower was earlier a caste iron and steel structure. 2018-2019 was when it was converted. It now has five levels and an internal lift for access to them. It is located at the northern end of the Ikon Industrial Estate and can be spotted from the A450 to the west and the nearby country lane to the east. Grid Ref 856725. For further information about the conversion of this tower go to: https://hollandconservation.co.uk/projects/the-water-tower/  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  WINTERFOLD WATER TOWER (14HW25) DY10 4PW. This tower lies on the south side of the A448 road between Mustow Green and Brockencote. The property known as Winterfold comprises a farm, mansion and school, the latter since 1943. Access is through an elaborate gate. Kidderminster is about three miles south-west. The house, which dates from the 19th century is Grade II listed. Grid Ref. 875739. 26 Barnsley Hall, Bromsgrove GONE  TRIMPLEY TOWER? (14HW26) 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.  NORTH MALVERN WATER TOWER (14HW27) Not far from Great Malvern U.K. This famous tower with its clock stands on a substantial ground level reservoir in North Malvern, Worcestershire, U.K. The tower was financed by Charles Morris, a wealthy Londoner and Malvern visitor from the 1830s. He was a generous benefactor and set up a number of spouts for natural Malvern water. The Clock Tower was originally a single storey Well Room built in 1836 and 'The Tank' was filled with 50,000 gallons of spring water from North Valley. In 1901, a further storey was added to the 'Tank' tower to support a new clock with four gas lit clock faces and a flag pole, to celebrate the coronation of Edward VII. In more recent years, the spout room has been enhanced with new doors and is usually decorated for the famous local annual well dressing celebrations. It is one of many celebrated Malvern water facilities and water sources around the Malvern Hills.  WORCESTER WATER TOWER (14HW28) Tower Road, Barbourne, Worcester, WR3 7AF. This tower apparently resembled an old circular windmill. Today only the foundations survive. The old water tower formed an interesting backdrop for pleasure steamers on the River Severn. From the 1880s to the 1930s, taking a steamer trip from Worcester was an enormously popular pastime. Grid Ref. 841566.  CHATEAU IMPNEY WATER TOWER (14HW29) On the main road north-east about half a mile out of Droitwich Spa town centre. Situated in extensive landscaped gardens, Impney Hall, as it was previously known, was built in 1873–75 for local industrialist, the saltworks magnate John Corbett in the style of a Louis XIII château. Today it is a luxury West Midlands hotel, wedding venue and exhibition centre. The water tower once fed the estate with drinkable water but is now redundant and in need of restoration. Adjacent to it is a small reservoir/lake that once supplemented the availability of domestic water. The chateau is Grade ll listed. Grid Ref. 913640.  KIDDERMINSTER STATION WATER TOWER (14HW30) The Severn Valley Railway is a standard-gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire. The 16-mile single-track line runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. It was built between 1858 and 1862 and the preserved line includes many original features such as water towers to service the steam locomotives. These are featured here in the county in which they are located.  BEWDLEY STATION WATER TOWERS (14HW31) The Severn Valley Railway is a standard-gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire. The 16-mile single-track line runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. It was built between 1858 and 1862 and the preserved line includes many original features such as water towers to service the steam locomotives. These are featured here in the county in which they are located.  BLACKMOOR PARK WATER TOWERS (14HW32) Click right to see the twin water towers at Blackmore Park viewed northwards from near the footpath junction where they are located near the village of Hanley Swan, south-east of Malvern. The now redundant twin water towers are a prominent feature and former World War II relic near Blackmore Park. They were part of the military hospital complex during World War II. They also served a German prisoner of war camp that was located in the area. The military hospital and prisoner of war camp were dismantled after the war, but the water towers remain due to their substantial structure. The B4208 Blackmoor Park Road runs north-south to the west of Hanley Swan. Grid Ref. 7943. The Park is on the eastern side and now includes an Industrial Estate.  HEWELL GRANGE WATER TOWER (14HW33) Hewell Grange Water Tower is a Grade II listed water tower on the former Hewell Grange estate, which is now a prison. While the Hewell Grange mansion is the main historic building, the water tower is a notable part of the estate's historic landscape albeit a separate listed structure. The water tower is situated about 300 meters north of Hewell Grange in Tutnall and Cobley, between Bromsgrove and Redditch, Worcestershire. The Hewell Grange estate was originally part of a large private estate, it was transferred to crown ownership in 1946 and has since been used as a prison (HMP Hewell/Youth Custody Centre). Grid Ref. 00 69. Gloucestershire 1 Speech House GONE  MAISEMOOR WATER TOWER (14GL02)Woolridge, Near Maisemoor, Glos. This tower lies just off "Over Old Road", east of the A417, halfway between Maisemoor (south) and Hartpury (north); a couple of miles north-north-west of Gloucester. It is operated by Severn Trent Water. It comprises a large circular tank at ground level. Grid Ref. 804237.  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 11. Tresham 
FAIRFORD WATER TOWERS, (14GL12/13) There are two water towers in the vicinity of Fairford, south of Quenington, Glos. To view the first, which lies isolated in a field, take the A417 from Cirencester to Lechlade, which passes through Fairford. As you approach Fairford turn left at Milton End to Quenington. After about a quarter of a mile take the minor road to the right and the tower can be seen in the field to your left. Grid Ref. 147013. Click left for a picture. 
The second tower lies south of Fairford. To view the second take the A417 from Cirencester to Lechlade, which passes through Fairford. As you approach Fairford, turn right at Milton End on to the South Cerney Road. After about a mile, the tower can be seen on the left at Harcott Hill. Click right for a picture. Grid Ref. 158001.
 KEMBLE RAILWAY STATION WATER TOWER, (14GL14) Kemble is about a mile south-west of Cirencester and the railway station is just west of the village. The tower reflects the golden age of steam railways and is easily viewed from the vicinity of the station.  SIDDINGTON WATER TOWER, (14GL15) Travel down the A419 south-east from Cirencester to Cricklade and the Siddington tower is visible on the right after about 2 miles. It is a landmark feature and thought to be a former water tower. It is now a private residence with gated access on the South Cerney Road, near Worms Farm, Siddington.  DURDHAM DOWNS WATER TOWER, (14GL16) Water Tower on the Downs, Stoke Road, Bristol BS9 1FG. A local landmark - the tower is located on the north-west side of Bristol and dates from 1954. It is a concrete and dodecagonal structure. On the right is a lavish drinking fountain designed by architect John Henry Hirst, and erected for the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society in 1877. Grade II listed. Grid Ref. ST5675. 
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