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WONDERFUL WATER TOWERS IN BRITAINBarton map number 15
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 Warwickshire  LAPWORTH WATER TOWER (15WS01)Lapworth is located on the northwest side of the M40 in Warwickshire. The tower was built 1957 and has a capacity of 200,000 gallons. Made from reinforced concrete, the drum is 45 ft diameter with domed floor and supported on 8 reinforced concrete columns. This tower can be viewed from Pound Close and Lapworth Street off the Old Warwick Road, the B4439. The water tower is managed by Severn Trent Water and supplies about 350 houses. 2 Bearley - Demolished. Thought to have been a steel structure supporting a steel tank circa 36 ft square and 12 ft deep, about 50 ft high overall with a capacity of 80,000 gallons.  LYE GREEN WATER TOWER (15WS03)The village of Lye Green lies about 6 miles west of Warwick. The water tower is in the centre of the village. Grid Ref. 198657. It is managed by Severn Trent Water. 4 Atherstone on Stour GONE 5 Little Shrewley GONE  HAMPTON ON THE HILL WATER TOWER (15WS06)Located about one mile west of Warwick, this tower lies just north of the B4095 and is managed by Severn Trent Water. 7 Budbrooke GONE  WELLESBOURNE WATER TOWER (15WS08)The tower illustrated appears to have been located in the Natsopa Memorial Home at Wellesborough in Leicestershire, but has now gone. The Natsopa Memorial Home opened in 1921, a memorial to printers who fell in the great war. The home closed in June 2013. It is confused with Wellesbourne in Warwickshire. For this reason the Wellsborough data is replicated on this web site page. 
 CROMWELL WATER TOWER (15WS09)Burton Green, south-west of Coventry and about 3 miles north of Kenilworth. CV8 1PL. There are two water towers in Burton Green, both now residential. The large one in Cromwell Lane was built to supply Coventry and the smaller one, behind the school in Hob Lane, was built to supply Kenilworth. It is the one in Hob Lane property that is pictured right. The magnificent tower on the left was built in 1933 and was decommissioned in 2004. Subsequently converted to residential use in 2016. Grid Ref. 268753. It is 50 feet high; this imposing tower is locally called "Kenilworth's second castle" on account of it being visible from miles around. Over the entrance door it says "Corporation of Coventry 1980", not sure why?  TILE HILL WATER TOWER (15WS10)It lies to the north of the village of Burton Green, south-west of Coventry. This tower dates from 1932 when it was built as a tank on the Meridian supply network. It was subsequently converted to residential which it remains. It has more recently been refurbished and looks most attractive. Grid Ref. 271763. 11 Market St, Warwick GONE  TAINTERS HILL WATER TOWER (15WS12)This tower, which dates from 1778 was once a windmill. In 1884 it was converted to a 20,000 gallon water tower. It was again converted, this time to residential, in the 1970s and remains so. It lies on the northern side of Kenilworth, just off the A429. Grid Ref. 290727. 13 Arley GONE  CORLEY WATER TOWER (15WS14)Church Lane, Corley. Built in 1974. Situated just off the B 4098 about 5 miles north-west of Coventry. As you enter Corley, the tower is about 100m west of the signpost for Corley School. Tower Grid Ref. 2962 8510. 15 Tuttle Hill, Nuneaton 16 Gaydon GONE  BEDWORTH WATER TOWER (15WS17)Gatehouse Lane/Tower Road. CV12 8UE This tower lies in the middle of a new housing estate just south-west of Bedworth centre in the Nuneaton and Bedworth District. It comprises an imposing brick and terra-cotta structure with a stone over the entrance door confirming it was built in 1898 by Bedworth Water Works. Grid Ref. 354 865.  OFFCHURCH WATER TOWER (15WS18)Offchurch lies about 2 miles east of Leamington Spa. The water tower lies about a mile further east near Burnt Heath Farm. Grid Ref. 375655. There is major road enhancement going on in the vicinity which suggest extensive development to come in the future. The old Foss Way runs NE-SW and the tower is on the right just across the junction with the road from Offchurch. It comprises a steel tank on legs holding about 30,000 gallons of water. 19 Harbury GONE 20 Bulkington GONE  EDGE HILL WATER TOWER (15WS21)The tower lies about 5 miles to the north-west of Banbury. It lies on the junction of the B 4086 and Edge Hill village road, near an establishment called Knowle End. Here the B 4086 hill is steep and winds around the water tower site. Grid Ref 3815 4830. Built of circular reinforced concrete, it is 49 feet in diameter, has 12 columns and holds 180,000 gallons of water. 22 Deppers Bridge GONE 23 Stretton on Dunsmore GONE  ASHLAWN ROAD WATER TOWER (15WS24)Ashlawn Rd, Rugby. This tower sits in 0.99 of an acre and in November 2023 was being sold by auction with a starting price of £95,000.00. It produces an income of £31,000.00 per annum or thereabouts. It is visible from the B4429 road south of Rugby. Grid Ref. 507729. There is a large new residential development nearby. 
 HATTON PARK WATER TOWERS (15WS25)Formerly Hatton Asylum in Hatton, near Warwick. Construction started in the 1830s and Hatton County Lunatic Asylum opened in 1852. It was a self-sufficient facility with its own farm and fire service. It was renamed the Warwick County Mental Hospital in 1930, then the Central Hospital in 1948, and closed in 1995. The Asylum was divided into two parts, one for women and one for men. Each part had its own water tower. The towers are integrated into the main buildings which are to a grand scale in a Gothic architectural style of that associated with a palace or stately home. The site is now residential, with some original buildings converted, while others were demolished to build a new housing estate. Click left or right for a locality picture. 26 Avon Carrow  COUNDON WATER TOWER (15WS27)Coundon Rd, Coventry CV1 4AU. Coundon lies about a mile north-west of the centre of Coventry. This stately building is now Bablake School which was originally founded elsewhere in 1545. The tower appears as a centre feature of the building. It can be viewed from the access lane to the south-east of the main entrance. Woodlands and playing fields are a feature of this location. We would welcome further information regarding the above. 28 North Waste, Coventry NOT FOUND 29 Killcote House 30 Nelsons Cement 31 Northgate St. Warwick DEMOLISHED 32 Punchbowl, Warwick DEMOLISHED 33 Rugby Stoney DEMOLISHED  CHESTERTON DECEPTION TOWER (15WS34)This tower is a landmark visible from the M40, on the right, as you drive north-west through Warwickshire. It is sited on a hill top about a mile from the motorway, just after junction 12 and before the service area. Water tower enthusiasts are impressed by its arched legs and stone construction prompting a closer inspection. When you get near Chesterton village, ask the locals where the tower is and you will be intrigued that they direct you to Windmill Hill and point out, if you are near it, that you are on Windmill Hill Lane. The tower is sited on an open space area of land and so exploring it is relatively easy, until, that is, you realise that it is a windmill that has lost its sails and not a water tower at all. Grid Ref. 348595. Nevertheless it is impressive, having stood on the hilltop for nearly 400 years! Northamptonshire 
 BARBY WATER TOWER (15NS01)These two towers lie about 200 yards from each other in a field on the north-west side of the cross roads, just south of the village of Barby, south-east of Rugby. Grid Ref, 542695. They are described as two water towers elsewhere but appear to be a water tower and a windmill, the latter converted to residential. One may well be in Warwickshire as the county boundaries are in the immediate vicinity.  A further alternative is that on record is a water tower described as being in the Barby sidings of the Great Central Railway (shown right - click to enlarge).The building is a disused water tower near the perimeter fence of Rye Hill Prison. The railway no longer exists as might this tower either.
 PRESTON CAPES WATER TOWER (15NS02)The village of Preston Capes is about six miles south of Daventry. This tower lies to the west of the village on the road to Charwelton by the road junction with the road south-west to Woodford Halse. Grid Ref. 567546. On the same plot is an aerial mast making the tower easy to spot.  HALSE WATER TOWER (15NS03)Halse is a village about three miles north-west of Brackley. The water tower lies about half a mile north-east of the village. It can be accessed via a bridleway past Halse Grange. It is a major local landmark and lies on a hill devoid of trees to conceal it. Grid Ref. 5708740782. It was built by Brackley Rural District Council in 1951.  EVERDON STUBBS WATER TOWER (15NS04)NN12 8HD. Near Farthigstone. Everdon Stubbs is a woodland area about 5 miles south-east of Daventry. The tower lies between Everdon and Heath Farm to the east. Grid Ref. 611565. It was the subject of a compulsory purchase order in 1953/4 by Mid Northamptonshire Water Board and was subsequently sold on in 2011. The tower is open for viewing at selected times.  WEST HADDON WATER TOWER (15NS05)West Haddon, which is located east of Rugby. The tower is just off the A428, close to the southern end of the A428 by-pass of West Haddon. It is managed by Anglian Water.  FLORE WATER TOWER (15NS06)Hillside Road, Flore, NN7 4NA, on the western side of the village. Flore lies about 6 miles west of Northampton near junction 16 of the M1 motorway. Grid Ref. 6460. 7 East Haddon  WHITTLEBURY WATER TOWER. (15NS08)Kennel Road, Whittlebury. The tower lies on the western side of the A413 road between Buckingham and Towcester. Grid Ref. 690436.  HARPOLE/NOBOTTLE WATER TOWER (15NS09)This tower is located on the Roman Road between Nobottle and Northampton, north of Harpole. It is owned by Anglian Water.  PAULERSPURY WATER TOWER. (15NS10)The village of Paulerspury lies about 3 miles south-east of Towcesster. To the west of the village is Pury End, a small hamlet where the water tower can be found. It is up a long half-mile track heading south-west and hidden in a clump of trees. Grid Ref. 756428. The tower was built in 1938 near a well on the western side of the parish supplying standpipes located at Pury End, Church End, Tews End and Plumpton End.  BRIXWORTH WATER TOWER (15NS11)Located on the road to Northampton in the southern part of the village of Blixworth. Seen from the garden of the house in the foreground, behind one of the two hydrangeas. Grid Ref. SP 74840 70240.  YARDLEY GOBION WATER TOWER (15NS12)Moorend Road. The village lies on the A 508 road and the water tower is on the western perimeter of Yardley Gobion. In 1934 Towcester R.D.C. commissioned a new water supply system for the village at a then high cost of 1,388pounds 18s 8d. A local resident was appointed engineer/caretaker of the Waterworks which includede a 'Pumping Station', 'Water Tower' and 'Piping System to five Standpipes'. The tower had a capacity of 33,000 gallons. The most heavily used standpipe was situated at Church Bank adjacent to Church House. Today only the tower survives. Grid Ref. 759449.  ROADE WATER TOWER 1 (15NS13)Ashton Road tower NN7 2FP on the south side of Roade village. This southern Roade tower existed from the early 1950s when it served the local pianoforte factory. This closed about 30 years later and the tower ceased to function as a water tower. It was purchased for possible conversion to residential in 2018. Seven years later it still awaits completion for its new role, the owners having had to cope with problems such as how to cut vertical windows in the concrete tank to being burgled. It has appeared on Grand Designs and now sits on the edge of a new housing estate of 292 homes. Click right for a picture.  ROADE WATER TOWER 2 (15NS14)Manor Close. at the entrance to Roade Cemetery. This tower lies on the eastern side of Roade, just a few miles south of Northampton. It can be viewed at a distance from the Northampton Road. Grid Ref. 76102 51779. Junction 15 on the M1 is nearby. From here it supplied 5 stand pipes in the village. Not to be confused with the Ashington Road tower on the south side of the village detailed above.  BOUGHTON WATER TOWER (15NS15)Very little is known about this tower other than Boughton lies on the north side of Northampton - research continues!  HARDINGSTONE WATER TOWER (15NS16)Hardingstone lies immediately to the south of Northampton. The tower is to the south of the village on the B526 road to Hackleton amidst a modern residential estate. Grid Ref. 763575. Click left for a picture. 17 Harrington GONE 18 Stimpson Avenue, Northampton GONE  DINGLEY WATER TOWER (15NS19)This tower lies east of Market Harborough on the Braybrooke Road country lane heading south to Dingley Wood from the village of Dingley. It is in the care of Anglian Water and shares the hill top location with a ground reservoir. Grid Ref. 774867.  DESBOROUGH WATER TOWER (15NS20)Desborough, north-west of Kettering NN14 2YZ. A distinctive feature on the skyline; click right to be seen from Oakham Close, with modern housing. The tower is alongside other waterworks facilities and is on the south side of town. Grid Ref. SP 79772 83733.  BRAFIELD ON THE GREEN WATER TOWER (15NS21)Furze Road Brafield-on-the-Green, east of Northampton. The tower lies on the edge of a housing estate on the south side of the A428 to Northampton. Click left for a larger picture.  ROTHWELL WATER TOWER (15NS22)Located on the edge of a modern housing estate. Rothwell lies in the Kettering District south of Desborough and west of Kettering. The tower is to the north-east of the township along the minor road to Rushton. Grid Ref. 821816. Reputedly the most prominent site for some miles around managed by Anglian Water.  ECTON WATER TOWER (15NS23)Ecton Lane, Ecton is a village located midway along the road from Northampton to Wellingborough. The water tower is on the north side of the road just up the lane to Sywell. Grid Ref. 825644. 24 Broughton GONE  MEARS ASHBY WATER TOWER(15NS25)This tower is located west of Wellingborough, just north of the village of Mears Ashby on a country lane that takes you to Grange Farm. The tower is on the east side of the lane just past the farm. Grid Ref. 845677. For further exploration click left.  CORBY TWIN WATER TOWERS (15NS26)These two towers are situated close to the north-south main road immediately west of Corby. Grid Ref. 861887. Known as the Beanfield twin water towers, they were built in the 1960s and 1970s by Anglian Water to serve the growing population of Corby, with the second tower constructed a decade after the first to meet demand. No. 1 tower holds 1.14 million liters, while the larger No. 2 tower holds 3.41 million liters, both contributing to the area's water supply and connected to the Rutland Water network.  EARLS BARTON WATER TOWER (15NS27)Earls Barton is located south of the A49 road from Northampton to Wellingborough. The water tower is located to the east of the village in open countryside. NN6 0NT. Access is therefore restricted. The water tower however is not currently in service, with the village being supplied by pumps at the Earls Barton Water Booster. The tower previously supplied water by acting as a storage tank that would provide water to the village when the pumps were not operating, but this function is no longer active. Grid Ref. 825644. Click left to see more. 28 Great Doddington 29 Isham  ROCKINGHAM WATER TOWER (15NS30)This octagonal water tower stands on the northern edge of Corby town beside the A6003 just south of Rockingham, on the boundary with Corby. Grid Ref. 87197 9106. Rockingham Castle is nearby. Click right for more detail. 31 Willowbrook, Corby 32 Tanfields, Corby 33 Gretton 34 Stannion Lane, Corby 1 & 2 GONE  WOLLASTON WATER TOWER (15NS35)Irchester Road, Wollaston. NN29 7PJ. Situated on the north-eastern edge of the village and managed by Anglian Water. Wollaston lies south of Wellingborough. Click right for more detail.  FINEDON WATER TOWER (15NS36)Irthlingborough Road, Finedon, south of Kettering. This distinctive 6 storey red brick tower is located adjacent to the A6 main road southbound out of Finedon. The tower is a historic, octagonal, Grade II listed structure completed in 1904. Although it was once part of a public water supply scheme, it is now a private residence. Grid Ref. 928717. Click left to see more. 37 Irchester GONE 38 Grafton Underwood  MANTON WATER TOWER (15NS39)Manton, Northamptonshire, south of Oakham and Rutland Water. Site clearance for new industrial buildings have opened up the view of this water tower, built by the Midland Railway. The main users would have been the heavy coal freights running between the East Midlands and London. Grid Ref. SK 8840 0372. Click right for more detail, the tower is rectangular and this is the end view.  BRIGSTOCK WATER TOWER (15NS40)This tower apparently resides in Harry's Park Wood, an area of woodland to the east of Corby. It lies between Corby and Oundle to the east, just south of the A427 road and north of Brigstock.  WOODFORD WATER TOWER (15NS41)Woodford is a village west of Thrapston. The tower is located to the south-west of the village, isolated away from roads and buildings. This makes access difficult. Grid Ref. 960767. The village water tower in Woodford, Northamptonshire was built in 1935, with construction lasting approximately six months. The 85-foot-tall tower stands at the highest point of the parish and serves as a local landmark 42 Bedford Rd, Rushden  COLLYWESTON WATER TOWER (15NS43)Collyweston water tower, Northamptonshire. Taken from the lane called The Drove/Kingscliffe Road. While the history of Collyweston is well-documented, particularly its Roman and Tudor connections, the search results do not offer information on a specific water tower at The Drove. However the search results do mention the WWII airbase at the end of The Drove. The tower is located at Grid Ref. 000 025, on the north-east side of the road going south-east out of the village. Wittering Airfield lies immediately east. Stamford is about 5 miles to the north.  DENFORD ASH WATER TOWER (15NS44)Anglian Water are the custodians of this tower. It is located alongside the old railway course about a mile east of Denford village and about two miles south of Thrapston. Grid Ref. 010758. 45 Raunds GONE  SOUTHWICK WATER TOWER (15NS46)Labelled elsewhere as the Water in the Trees. Adjacent to the tower, the crop is Miscanthus, when ready for cutting and baling. is destined to be for the Elean power station near Ely. This water tower, 65 metres high, is surrounded by trees, with Southwick Wood to the east and Short Wood to its west. Grid Ref. TL 02341 91391. The tower is situated about 10 miles east of Corby, approximately half a mile south of the village of Southwick on the road to Glapthorn. 47 Hemington 48 Ashton Wold 49 Blisworth Rly. Stn. GONE  FALCUTT WATER TOWER SKELETAL REMAINS (15NS50)Falcutt is a hamlet in the English county of Northamptonshire. With Astwell, it forms part the civil parish of Helmdon. Grid Ref. SP5942. Click left for a larger picture. The track in the foreground runs completely round the outside of the field; presumably an exercise or training loop for horses.  ABINGTON PARK WATER TOWER (15NS51)Northampton, NN3 3HN. The Water Tower at Abington Park was built around 1678 by William Thursby to pump water from a nearby "Broade Well Head" to the manor house. Also known as the "Pigeonry" due to later additions for pigeon roosts, it was listed as a Grade II building on January 19, 1952, and remains a Grade II listed structure. Grid Ref. SP763606.  CASTLE ASHBY WATER TOWER (15NS52)Castle Ashby, is a country house at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire. It is one of the seats of the Marquess of Northampton. The house, church, formal gardens and landscaped park are Grade I listed. Castle Ashby lies east of Northampton, south of the River Nene. The castle building dates from circa. 1865. Grid Ref. 863593. The castle itself, in Castle Road, lies on the east side of the similarly named village. NN7 1LF. The grounds are opened to the public on set times. There is no public access to the house where the tower is situated. 53 Corby Steelworks W 54 Corby Steelworks E  ST. CRISPIN HOSPITAL TOWER (15NS55)Sited to the west of Northampton at St Crispin Drive, Duston, just north of Upton village, it was formerly St. Crispin Mental Hospital, now closed and the area is undergoing residential development. The tower has been saved from destruction and will doubtless provide a landmark, commemorating the past, in a new residential locality in due course, possibly including services providing for those with special needs. The original psychiatric hospital was opened in 1876 and closed in 1995 and was known as the County Lunatic Asylum. Grid Ref. 714611. 56 Deanshanger Water Tower: SP 7640  HARGRAVE WATER TOWER (15NS57)This tower lies to the east of the village of Hargrave which in turn is located about 8 miles north-east of Northampton. Grid Ref. 048706. Click left for a view of the tower from a bridleway leading south-east out of Hargrave.  BARNWELL 1 & 2 WATER TOWERS (15NS58)There are two water towers near the village of Barnwell. The village is south of Oundle. ONE - is situated to the east of the village along the road to Hemington. It is sited midway between the two village on a hill overlooking the Nene Valley. Grid Ref. 076848. This tower is illustrated (click right) and is believed to be unused other than as a telecom platform for aerials and dishes. TWO is located south of the village of Barnwell at Lilford Park. Grid Ref. 034839. 
The above picture has come to light of a water tower in Warwickshire. Where is it? If you know do let us know. bruce.e.osborne@gmail.com REGION England - Central, WATER TOWER INTEREST |
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