Thirlmere

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Thirlmere is a reservoir in England’s Lake District, known for its scenic mountain surroundings and role in supplying water to the city of Manchester.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Thirlmere canonical 10
Thirlmere Valley 2
Thirlmere valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
aqueductName Thirlmere Aqueduct ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
catchmentArea eastern slopes of Helvellyn range ⓘ
completedIn 1894 ⓘ
constructionStartDate late 19th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Manchester Corporation ⓘ
damType masonry dam ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 150 m ⓘ
formedBy damming of natural lakes ⓘ
formedFrom Leathes Water ⓘ
Wythburn Water ⓘ
hasDam Thirlmere Dam ⓘ
hasIsland Deer Island ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Legburthwaite ⓘ
Wythburn ⓘ
hasRoadAlongShore A591 ⓘ
hasWalkingRoute access to Helvellyn ridge ⓘ
lakeside paths ⓘ
historicalControversy opposition from Lake District conservationists ⓘ
length approximately 6 km ⓘ
locatedIn Cumbria ⓘ
England ⓘ
Lake District ⓘ
locatedInNationalPark Lake District National Park ⓘ
linked to: Lake District
locatedNear Dunmail Raise ⓘ
linked to: Dunmail Raise area

Helvellyn ⓘ
Keswick ⓘ
locatedOn eastern side of the Cumbrian mountains ⓘ
managedBy United Utilities ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 38 m ⓘ
notableFor role in supplying water to Manchester ⓘ
scenic mountain surroundings ⓘ
originalValleyName Thirlmere Valley ⓘ
linked to: Thirlmere
outflow River Cocker ⓘ
partOf Thirlmere Valley ⓘ
linked to: Thirlmere
surfaceArea approximately 3.3 km² ⓘ
surroundedBy conifer plantations ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
walking ⓘ
waterSupplierFor Manchester ⓘ
waterTransportMethodToManchester aqueduct ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helvellyn → hasLakeView → Thirlmere ⓘ
Helvellyn → hasRouteFrom → Thirlmere ⓘ
Cumbrian Mountains → overlooks → Thirlmere ⓘ
Eastern Fells → borders → Thirlmere ⓘ
Thirlmere → partOf → Thirlmere Valley ⓘ
linked to: Thirlmere
Thirlmere → originalValleyName → Thirlmere Valley ⓘ
linked to: Thirlmere
Great Dodd → locatedNear → Thirlmere ⓘ
Central Fells → boundedBy → Thirlmere ⓘ
A591 road → passesThrough → Thirlmere ⓘ
Dunmail Raise → separates → Thirlmere valley ⓘ
subject linked to: Dunmail Raise area
linked to: Thirlmere
Dunmail Raise → locatedBetween → Thirlmere ⓘ
subject linked to: Dunmail Raise area
Storm Desmond → rainfallRecordLocation → Thirlmere, Cumbria ⓘ
linked to: Thirlmere