Belmont Reservoir

{{Short description|Reservoir in Lancashire, England}}

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| name = Belmont Reservoir

| image = Belmont Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 116168.jpg

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| caption = Belmont Reservoir. Taken from near outflow, showing Bolton sailing club on promontory.

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| location = Belmont, Lancashire, England

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| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen

| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Blackburn with Darwen

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Belmont Reservoir is a reservoir north of the small moorland village of Belmont, Lancashire, England, fed by the Belmont Brook.{{cite web|url=http://www.waterscape.com/canals-and-rivers/belmont-reservoir|title=waterscape.com|accessdate=7 February 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.northturton.com/belmont/bel_01.html|title=northturton.com|accessdate=7 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102093331/http://www.northturton.com/belmont/bel_01.html|archive-date=2 November 2009|url-status=dead}} It was built in 1826 by the Bolton Waterworks to supply water to the rapidly expanding town of Bolton.{{cite web|url= http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.21132&setPaginate=No|title= The full Witton Weavers Way|accessdate= 6 February 2011|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120317234410/http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.21132&setPaginate=No|archivedate= 17 March 2012}} Belmont was once a thriving industrial centre for stone quarrying and printing. The reservoir is the home of the Bolton Sailing Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.sail.org.uk/contact-us/how-to-find-us/|title=Bolton Sailing Club|date=8 September 2009 |accessdate=7 February 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323165224/http://www.sail.org.uk/contact-us/how-to-find-us/| archivedate= 23 March 2010 | url-status= live}} The reservoir is important to wintering wildfowl.