Western Arm of Leighton Reservoir
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Western Arm of Leighton Reservoir
Image: © G Laird Taken: 12 Oct 2017
Leighton Reservoir is about four miles west of Masham. Water from the reservoir is used to compensate for abstraction from the River Ure. On the day of my visit, the level of the water in the reservoir was so low that it looked more like Grimes Gill which flows into the western arm.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.203463
Longitude
-1.766948