The Reservoir That Saved Cheltenham

Built in 1886 to supply clean water to the growing spa town of Cheltenham, Dowdeswell Reservoir is now a wildlife haven and flood defence. In the 1880s, Cheltenham was growing rapidly as a fashionable spa town, and its water supply could not keep up. Cheltenham Borough Council acquired the local waterworks in 1878 and between 1883 and 18...