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WONDERFUL WATER TOWERS IN BRITAINBarton map number 21
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 North Yorkshire 1 Gallowgate, Richmond  INGLEBY ARNCLIFFE WATER TOWER (21NY02) The Terrace, Ingleby Arncliffe, Northallerton. DL6 3LY. Located to the south-west of Gabriel Farmhouse, it is 1915 dated on a lintel acknowledging Sir Hugh Bell, former chairman of the Tees Valley Water Board. The location is south of Middlesbrough near Northallerton. 3 Hutton Rudby 4 Botton Hall 5 Sandsend  GREENHOW HILL WATER TOWER (21NY06) Water Tower on Greenhow Hill Road, Bewerley Moor, west of Pateley Bridge and north of Bradford and Leeds. Grid Ref. SE 1199 6402. It is situated near the top of the hill, in close proximity to the village of Greenhow, at an elevation of 402m approximately above sea level. Underneath the surface of Bewerley Moor and Greenhow Hill in Nidderdale lie an abandoned labyrinth of crumbling tunnels. A relic of the once prosperous lead mining industry which thrived in this little area of Yorkshire.  THRUSCROSS WATER TOWER (21NY07) Thruscross tower can be seen by the road to Greenhow, at Stonehouse. Thruscross is located in the Washburn Valley in North Yorkshire, England, near the village of Blubberhouses and west of the town of Harrogate. It is the site of Thruscross Reservoir, the northernmost and newest of four reservoirs in the valley, completed in 1966. The hamlet of Thruscross is the highest reservoir in the Washburn Valley. Grid Ref, 158588. This tower appears similar to the one that is in Back Road, High Birstwith below.  BIRSTWITH WATER TOWER (21NY08) Back Road, High Birstwith, North Yorkshire. This tower appears similar to the one that is in Thruscross above. This one is located 5 miles east of the above tower and is at grid ref. 223587, west of Harrogate.  HARLOW HILL WATER TOWER (21NY09) Plantation Cl, Harrogate HG2 0AZ. Harlow Hill, where the tower is located, is an area of high ground amongst parkland to the west of Harrogate. This Grade II listed building has a plaque in the wall of the tower reads, "Harrogate Corporation Waterworks 1902". It is a significant landmark at Harrogate's highest point that overlooks the Harrogate Waterworks and the town. 10 Walton Head, Pannal, North Yorks. The water tower was built by Harrogate Corporation Waterworks Department to serve the village of Kirkby Overblow having purchased the land in 1946. The brick tower supports a sectional cast iron tank of 37,500 gallons. The tower went out of service and the owners obtained planning permission for conversion to a dwelling in 2010. It has subsequently been transformed into a good looking dwelling albeit retaining an industrial look. A picture is sought.  LOVESOME HILL WATER TOWER (21NY11) Lovesome Hill Water Tower, Hutton Bonville, Hambleton. Built in the 1950s it is a notable, tall, brutalist-style, concrete, octagonal tower situated in a field. In 2010 the, by then disused, 50ft water tower was being offered for sale by Yorkshire Water, having been out of service for several years. The tower lies about 5 miles north of Northallerton. Grid Ref, 359 997. 12 Skelton on Ure  MARTON CUM GRAFTON WATER TOWER (21NY13) Water Tower, Marton Cum Grafton YO51 9QZ, which overlooks the local cricket and football facilities - in fact it tends to dominate the entire village of Grafton. Walk up the concrete pathway and follow it round to the right to easily reach the water tower. Grid Ref. SE 421 632. The locality lies south of Boroughbridge, 14 Bilbrough  ASKHAM RICHARD WATER TOWER (21NY15) Stock Hill, Askham Richard, former windmill in North Yorkshire. Askham Richard is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York, six and a half miles south west of York, close to Copmanthorpe, Bilbrough and Askham Bryan. The village became a Conservation Area in 1975. Plans lodged in 2024 with City of York Council would see the Askham Richard Water Tower, converted into a three-bedroom home. Grid Ref. 543 473. The location of this tower is often confused with that of Askham Bryan below.  ASKHAM BRYAN WATER TOWER (21NY16) Askham Bryan is a village in the unitary authority area of City of York, 6 miles (10 km) south-west of York, west of Bishopthorpe, and close to Askham Richard and Copmanthorpe. The tower is near Askham Bryan College. Mill Lane, the road on which it is located, was the old route from Askham Bryan to Copmanthorpe, abandoned as a through road when the western section of the York outer ring road was built. In 2013 the tower was sold at auction for £64,000 – more than double the highest amount it was expected to fetch. At the time, it was let to Vodafone and TV York. Grid Ref. SE 557 476. 17 Severus Hill, York. Severus Hill, next to Holgate’s water tower, is to be retained for York’s water supplies, following the site previously being listed for sale. Yorkshire Water also revealed that a new below-ground reservoir could be built under the hill to ensure the long-term supply of drinking water to York. These plans would not be submitted until the next cycle of planning from 2030. 18 Rievaulx 19 Sutton on the Forest  LENDAL BRIDGE WATER TOWER (21NY20) Originally a circular tower, it lies on the western side of York. The tower dates back to about 1300 when it was built as part of the defense of York city. It is located on the River Ouse at this major road bridge. As early as 1677 it was leased for 500 years to the York water works and provided a valuable service to the local community as a result. It has subsequently been used as an office, storeroom and now residential accommodation. 21 Selby  RICCALL WATER TOWER (21NY22) Riccall lies just north of Selby. The tower is located within a Yorkshire Water fenced area. Grid Ref. 623374, on the south side of the village. Although no longer in use, the fate of this tower is uncertain. For the moment it remains a memorial to a brutalist era in architecture. It dates from the 1970s.  SIWARDS HOW WATER TOWER (21NY23) York. The large water tower on top of Siwards How is an imposing, functional water tower located near the University of York. It was built in 1957 and serves as part of the region's water supply. It can be seen from the surrounding area. Despite its visibility, the tower is mostly automated, resulting in it being assumed to be abandoned. Its historic mound, Siward's Howe, was formed by a glacier and is a significant local landmark. 24 Dunnthgton 25 Terrington  HEMINGBROUGH WATER TOWER, (26NY26) This North Yorkshire tower lies on the northern perimeter of the village of Hemingbrough. Grid. Ref. 673 314. 27 Flaxton  WHELDRAKE WATER TOWER, (26NY28) Medical Centre and Water Tower. Wheldrake YO19 6DR. Lying south-east of York and still in good condition however the Water Tower has now been sold and the word in the village in 2025 was that it is to be converted into a house. Grid. Ref. 681 448.  HARTON WATER TOWER, (26NY29) A village water tower at Harton. When entering Harton from Barton le Willows, just north-east, the lane takes a sharp left into Harton village. After a short distance turn right and keep heading south-west and the track to the tower is on your right. Grid Ref. 701 620. Yorkshire Water in 2024 started constructing a new £8.5 million underground service reservoir directly next to the existing water tower to improve water supply in the area. 30 Settrington Beacon 31 Ling Hall  SILPHO VILLAGE WATER TOWER (21NY32 (1)) Silpho village lies just west-north-west of Scarborough and this is the original water tower for the locality. It is an early 19th century water tower built in the local rubble stone to provide a head of water to the neighbourhood. It went out of use in the 1970s. It is now Grade II listed. Grid Ref. 96 92. Click left to see a water tower on a wet day. 32 Silpho 2 33 Ganton Wold 34 Mill Hill, Filey 35 Aske Park 36 Newby Hall, Ripon  MYTON GRANGE WATER TOWER, (26NY37) Myton-on-Swale is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire. The Victorian Myton Grange Stud Farm at Myton-on-Swale forms part of the larger Home Farm and is where the water tower is located. In 2010 a programme of restoration commenced. The buildings date from 1870 using state of the art plans which were promoted at the Great Exhibition of 1851. However the restoration builders have had to fit their work into a tight timescale due to a large colony of Natterer's bats, who had taken up residence in the water tower. This was especially important as a survey estimated this could be the second largest colony in Yorkshire. Grid Ref. 443 676. The Grange lies on the north side of the village, which in turn is about 3 miles east of Boroughbridge.  GRIMSTON PARK WATER TOWER (21NY38) Tadcaster LS24 9DB. A square decorative tower built of limestone in Grimston Park, near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. Designed by Decimus Burton c.1840 this Grade II Listed building was commissioned by The 2nd Lord Howden; the house and garden are an important example of the Italianate style of architecture and landscape design that was popular in the mid 19th century. 39 Milford Junction 40 Gascoigne Wood 41 Clifton Hospital, York West Yorkshire  N. EASTERN RAILWAY WORKS WATER TOWER (21NY42/3) There are vintage railway workshops and water tower in Queen Street, York, constructed for the York and North Midland Railway Company; alongside is the city centre National Railway Museum. The grade II listed tower complete with a 5,000-gallon water tank, is York's oldest serving piece of railway infrastructure. Built in 1839, its job was to supply water for steam engines that hauled trains to and from York's first railway station during and after its construction. In 2025 it was announced that the tower is set to be restored by Network Rail as a brass band rehearsal space.  UNIVERSITY OF YORK WATER TOWER (21NY44) Heslington, York YO10 5DD. South-east of the city of York, the university campus is about 500 acres in size and dates from the 1960s. One of the iconic architectural features of the whole campus was the Chemistry Laboratory Block D. with its associated water tower until its demolition. The Tower sat in a quadrangle in the middle of the Chemistry Department. It comprised an inverted 21 metre diameter conical tank which was made up of 32 pre cast concrete petals each weighing 8.5 tonne. The overall height of the Tower was approximately 28 metres, the central core stem being 2.3 metres diameter. It was built to allow a supply of water to the department for 24 hours in the event of a mains water failure. Subsequently the safe demolition of the University Landmark Water Tower became an important event in the University history. 45 Drax Grammar School  SETTLE WATER TOWER (21NY46) Station Rd, Settle. BD24 9AA. The Settle water tower is a former Victorian railway tower at Settle station that was subsequently converted into a unique one-bedroom home. The restoration was featured on the Channel 4 television show Restoration Man. The tower was built in 1876 to store 43,000 gallons of water for the steam trains that ran along the famous Settle-Carlisle railway line. The tower became obsolete after the 1940s when the Settle-Carlisle line faced a period of uncertainty and threatened closure. The tower was purchased in 2010 and subsequently converted to residential use. The project successfully transformed a derelict utility into a modern home while preserving the tower's historical character. Grid Ref. 817634.  BURN LANE FARM WATER TOWER (21NY47) Burn Lane Farm Water tower at Burn Lane Farm. Burn is a small village in North Yorkshire. It is situated 3 miles south of Selby and 14 miles south of York. The village is mainly situated around the main A19 road. Adjacent to the farm is Burn Airfield which was home to 578 Squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1944 to 1945 - Airfield, Park Ln, Burn, Selby YO8 8LW. The farm Grid Ref. 597294.  HARTFORTH HALL WATER TOWER (21NY48) Hartforth Hall, Hartforth, Gilling West, Richmond, North Yorkshire (North Riding). The house was built in 1740 and a water tower added c.1850. The tower is a grade II listed, is built of stone, with a square plan and three stages. The Hall was used at a hotel but is now private residential property. Grid Ref. 170 065. 49. Kirkgate Silpho II. (see32)  KNARESBOROUGH STATION WATER TOWER (21NY50) The Knaresborough station water tower is a historical structure that is now a disused but iconic landmark at the station. While it is no longer used for its original purpose of supplying steam locomotives, its design has been replicated in miniature models, and it remains an iconic feature of the station. West Yorkshire  ROILS HEAD WATER TOWER (21WY01) Disused water tower at Roils Head Reservoir, HX2 0NR. Grid Ref. SE 059 257. Located just west of Halifax, this stone water tower is still on site where the views all round are excellent. Next to the large, covered, Roils Head Reservoir.  TINSHILL WATER TOWER (21WY02) Leeds LS16 7AR. The water tower with a capacity of 450 cubic metres now with service reservoir adjacent, was built in 1929. Grid Ref. SE 254 399 at Tinshill to the west of Leeds and are local landmarks, not to be confused with the Tinshill BT Tower which is a 60.96 metres ( 200 ft) tall telecommunication tower located on the east side of Otley Old Road to the north of Leeds.  BROAD OAK TOWER (21WY03) Broad Oak Hill, Bar Lane A637, Sitlington, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. See MIDGLEY or FLOCTON WATER TOWER, (21WY29), below.  GAWTHORPE WATER TOWER, (21WY04) Located at 2 Chidswell Lane, Gawthorpe, WF5 9AZ, on the north side of Ossett and just east of Dewsbury. This concrete tower dates from the 1920s and is 180 feet high. It became redundant as a water tower in 2006 and has found a new role with telecommunications aerials. It once held 200,000 gallons of water from the Pildacre Waterworks where there were two pumping engines, Maud and Edith, transferring water from flooded mines locally. It is Grade II listed and much treasured by locals as a landmark. Grid Ref. 270225. 5 West Bretton 1 & 2  MIDDLETON WATER TOWER, (21WY06) Located at LS10 3SF. This tower is located in Middleton, Leeds. Click right to view it looking north from Bodmin Approach. Middleton is located on the south side of Leeds and the tower is on the south side of Middleton Park. Grid ref. 294284. The tower, built in 1924, and associated service reservoir, stand at an altitude of about 95m on a hill. 7 Kirkhamgate  MOORTOWN WATER TOWER, (21WY08) Located above Moortown Service Reservoir, on Harrogate Road, near to Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS17. This area lies directly north of Leeds where the A61 Harrogate Road crosses the A6120. There are two water towers here, the second awaits our discovery! 9 Wooley Edge 10 Blackmoor 11 Nostell  GARFORTH WATER TOWER, (21WY12) This water tower stands on a hill 102 metres high in the east of the City of Leeds. A decommissioned industrial structure that was built in the early 20th century and is now being redeveloped into a unique family home, as seen on Grand Designs. The tower was once part of a large piano factory and is now being transformed by its owners into a contemporary living space with distinctive Arts and Crafts-style features. 13 Featherstone 14 Park Hill, Pontefract  RED HILL WATER TOWER, (21WY15) Red Hill Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire. This site has apparently been redeveloped for residential housing. No 8 Red Hill Grove now sits on the spot where the tank was. A new water tower stands nearby at the end of Towers Paddock. Grid Ref. 443 250. Investigations are ongoing to clarify the above.  ACKWORTH WATER TOWER, (21WY16) The Ackworth water tower is located on Castle Syke Hill, just off the A628 Pontefract Road, a high point in the West Yorkshire village of Ackworth which lies south of the tower. This region lies south of Pontefract. The name "Castle Sykes" is sometimes used to refer to the water tower itself. Grid Ref. 448192. The village of Ackworth grew in the 1970s with new housing developments, water availability was problematical. The solution was to give Ackworth a water tower of its own. Unfortunately the network had historically deteriorated and the result of the increase in pressure was a series of water mains bursts. Eventually a full water main renewal resolved the matter, albeit disruptive at the time.  UPTON WATER TOWER, (21WY17) This water tower at Upton Beacon can be viewed from the Badsworth Road to the north of Upton village. It is a prominent local landmark in the village of Upton, south of Pontefract. The name "Upton Beacon" refers to a historic beacon site, which was located on Beacon Hill. The original beacon was destroyed, but the water tower now replaces it as the area's principal landmark. Grid Ref. 474139. 18 Keighley Rly Stn 19 Leeds University 20 Heath Common 21 Headley Hall  KNOTTINGLEY WATER TOWER, (21WY22) Located at Knottingley in West Yorkshire, this tower appears to have disappeared over time. If you know more, do contact us so that we can update the data. 23 xxxxxx  BRAMHAM PARK WATER TOWER, (21WY24) Gothic Temple located at Bramham Park, West Yorkshire, a Grade I listed country house. This picturesque folly is approximately 370 meters south of the main house and is a notable feature within the estate's landscape. It was constructed in the 1740s. Click right to see the Gothic Temple after conversion to a water tower in the early years of the 20th century.  BOLLES WATER TOWER, (21WY25) WF1 5SL. Dame Mary Bolle's water tower dates from the 1600s. It was built over a hillside spring. Some of the spring water was used to turn a water wheel, which pumped a supply to Heath Old Hall, now demolished, on the hill above. Located near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, the square, five-stage tower is a Grade II* listed building and was constructed for Dame Mary Bolles, who lived from 1579 to 1662. An underground cistern exists in the vicinity of the tower. The water tower functioned until the 1830s or thereabouts and received some high-level repairs in the 1980s. Unfortunately the interior and lower masonry are in poor condition. Grid Ref. 352 199. Please note: this is a very early water tower.  LUMBUTTS WATER TOWER, (21WY26) Former cotton mill and now a Grade II Listed Building in Lumbutts Road, Lumbutts, Todmorden. (south-east of Burnley) The water tower at Lumbutts Old Mill dates from about 1830 when a series of four dams was constructed to feed a new water-wheel tower. Today we see the Mill and associated structure converted to a residential conference centre. The tower is over 90 feet in height and dominates the village. It housed a unique arrangement of three overshot water wheels, fitted one above the other, which drove the machinery. Grid Ref.956 234.  PONTEFRACT WATER TOWER, (21WY27) Located at Park Hill, this tower lies on the western side of Pontefract, on the southern side of Pontefract Park which accommodates the famous race course. Grid Ref. 442 222.  BRADLEY WATER TOWER, (28WY28) Holme Mills, Lower Quarry Road, Bradley, Huddersfield. Dating from 1886, mill chimneys now have a new use as tall objects to which aerials and transmitters can be fastened. Adjacent to the chimney is the water tower. This is one of many textile mills in this general area now seeking a new utilisation. Click right for a larger view.  MIDGLEY or FLOCTON WATER TOWER, (21WY29) Bar Lane, Midgley, Sitlington, WF4 4JH, between Huddersfield and Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Click left to view this water tower, with the housing estate at Flockton Green in the far distance. In 2016, this disused 1960s tower was sold at auction. The result is that the former Midgley water tower, near Wakefield, is a now a stunning converted holiday home known as the Flockton Water Tower. Grid Ref. 261 149.  HUDDERSFIELD STATION WATER TOWER, (21WY30) The old water tower at Huddersfield railway station is located over the northern end of John William Street. 2014 saw a unveiling of plaques, reflecting the achievement of the Association of Community Rail Partnerships in restoring the water tower and converting the structure into offices for the use of the association. The work on the water tower, which forms part of the Grade 1 listed station complex, cost some £300,000 and was rewarded with the Network Rail Partnership Award. The original purpose of the tower was to refill tenders before steam engines faced the steep climb over the Pennine hills to Manchester. The station is a magnificent old building with colonnades, described as a stately home with trains  OXENHOPE WATER TOWER, (21WY31) he historic water tower at Oxenhope Station is a significant landmark on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (KWVR), a heritage steam railway. The original water tank was removed from the top of the column and a brand-new, modern replica was fabricated to take its place. The replacement was scheduled for installation in autumn 2025.  BRIGHOUSE WATER TOWER, (21WY32) The site, originally a flour milling company founded in 1829 and known as Sugden's Mill is where the water tower is located. The present day structure as illustrated right, was built in the late 19th century for Thomas Sugden and Son who milled flour; following a fire in an earlier building in 1895. It later became part of Allied Mills. Like many local mills that ceased trading, this one closed in 1997. Finding a new use, it became an activity centre.  CANAL MILLS WATER TOWER, (21WY33) The Maurice Dixon Canal Mews site is a former 18th century textile mill in Brandon Street LS12 2EB, in the heart of Leeds. Elaborate plans for a public entertainment venue alongside the Leeds-Liverpool canal have be modified to include housing. Nevertheless this structure reflects on the history of the locality while transforming into a modern utility in this historic city.  DAME MARY BOLLE'S WATER TOWER, (21WY34) The Dame Mary Bolle's Water Tower is a spooky, abandoned water tower in the civil parish of Warmfield cum Heath, in the Wakefield district, in West Yorkshire, WF1 5SL. This is a Grade 2 listed building that includes Water Wheel Housing and Overflow Channel. In 1505 Richard de Wombwell, prior of Nostell, had conduit pipes laid from a well in Ryhill to take its water to the local Priory (now a National Trust property). About a hundred years later, this tower was erected above a natural spring and pumped fresh water via a water wheel to Old Heath Hall (now in ruins) on the hill above. Mystery and wonder surround it as much today as it did in the 1600's. Both modern and ancient pagans consider the spring sacred. Dame Mary Bolles (1579-1662) owned the Heath estate from 1635 and is said to have dabbled in witchcraft. Grid Ref.SE 352 200. 
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