Bell Mouth Spillway - Tittesworth Reservoir, Meerbrook, Leek, Staffordshire, UK - Man-made Waterfalls on Waymarking.com

Tittesworth Water is owned by Severn Trent Water Ltd and provides public amenities (car park, visitor centre, cafe, children's playground, fishing) but is managed for the benefit of wildlife.

Tittesworth reservoir was first constructed in 1858 by the Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Co to collect water from the River Churnet and provide a reliable source of water for the town of Leek and its textile industries. A new dam was built in 1963, increasing the reservoir's capacity to 6.5 billion gallons.

Water flows into the reservoir from the Upper River Churnet. Most of the water comes from winter floods and the reservoir acts as a huge storage tank, taking water in and out when needed.
The reservoir, is the second largest reservoir by volume in the county of Staffordshire.

Max. length - 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi)
Max. width - 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi)
Surface area - 760,000 square metres (190 acres)
Water volume - 6,440,000m³ (1.4 billion gallons)
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Water from Tittesworth supplies homes and businesses in parts of the Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent and Leek.It pumps on average 28 million litres of water a day and has the capacity to provide up to 45 million litres a day.

The visitor centre at the site was built in 1998. It offers tourist information, toilets, a gift shop and The Waterview restaurant.
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The overflow is located near the end of the dam above the Waterworks. It is a bell mouth spillway, designed like an inverted bell, and also know as a 'glory hole' or 'morning glory' spillway after the flower Morning Glory. (visit link)

The bell mouth spillway is connected to a vertical shaft water from there the water flows into a tunnel. A valve tower with intakes at different levels is situated adjacent to the spillway shaft.
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Location of the waterfall: Tittesworth Reservoir, Meerbrook, Leek, Staffordshire, UK Fees: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Type / features of structure: Spillway Estimated width in meters: 20 River/stream/lake/reservoir: Tittesworth Reservoir Coordinates of parking: Not Listed Flow dates: Not listed Estimated height in feet: Not Listed Estimated height in meters: Not Listed Estimated width in feet: Not Listed

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