Hollingworth Lake. by artaddict2

Photography • Scenic • posted on Mar 13, 2008

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Hollingworth Lake, Littleborough, Rochdale UK. A man-made reservoir built in 1801 to supply the Rochdale Canal. Covers an area of 130acres(0.53Km2) The old Hamlet of Hollingworth lies under the cold water. Since 1989 the lake now offers recreational water activities including - Sailing, Canoeing, rowing, swimming rafting and fishing. a great asset to local schools. Found this in my "archives" forgot I had this. Credit info- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hollingworth_lake

Comments (42)

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DarkStormCrow

9:54PM | Thu, 13 March 2008

Excellent photography and image, nice work...

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junge1

11:18PM | Thu, 13 March 2008

A beautiful capture Alan. The calm, slightly hazy atmosphere plus the reflections on the water make for a travel poster picture. Thanks for sharing, Sig...

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kgb224

1:02AM | Fri, 14 March 2008

Excellent capture my friend.

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lizzibell

2:22AM | Fri, 14 March 2008

Beautiful...

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CavalierLady

8:10AM | Fri, 14 March 2008

That is beautiful! Love the misty light!

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Cytisus

10:20AM | Fri, 14 March 2008

Gorgeous shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gammacrucis

6:35AM | Sat, 15 March 2008

Excellent view and choise of camera setting! bravo ^__^

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Richardphotos

9:19PM | Sat, 15 March 2008

that is an astonishing sunset and capture

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busi2ness

10:29AM | Sun, 16 March 2008

I am amazed by the age and history of things in the UK, not like here where a building being vacated is turned into ten shacks overnight. Excellent color.

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