6-542: Ashop may refer to: River Ashop , a river in the Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands of England Upper Ashop, a habitation in Derbyshire, England (see Hope Woodlands ) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ashop . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-539: A siphon over the river in a 6-foot-diameter (1.8 m) iron pipe before entering a tunnel to pass through the hill to the Derwent Reservoir via an open watercourse, entering the reservoir just north of the dam wall. The concrete structure of the weir is visible when travelling up the Snake Pass route from Sheffield. The river is occasionally used for recreational purposes, such as kayaking . This
18-648: Is a river in the Derbyshire Peak District , England . Its source is on the eastern slopes of Mill Hill , three miles south east of Glossop and just north of Kinder Scout . The river flows approximately ten kilometres east, following the Sheffield to Manchester Snake Pass road through remote countryside , before emptying into Ladybower Reservoir , which itself flows into the River Derwent . The only significant tributary of
24-406: Is usually limited to periods after heavy rainfall when the river is in spate, because in times of normal flows the river is too shallow to use. When the river is in spate it becomes very technical, with many weirs and holes. The river is quite narrow and relatively shallow, making the rocky bed hazardous for kayakers who capsize. By far the most challenging part is in the higher-volume upper section of
30-669: The River Ashop is the short River Alport . The flow of the Alport is partially diverted by a weir to feed into the Ashop above the impound weir built in the 1920s to increase the catchment area of the Derwent Reservoir prior to the building of the Ladybower Reservoir downstream. The weir impounded the water and fed it into an open culvert (water conduit) that was built along the side of the hill. The culvert then feeds into
36-413: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashop&oldid=932698324 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages River Ashop The River Ashop
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