There are two
main reservoirs in the valley, the larger Fernilee holding 4940 million
litres of water and Errwood with a a capacity of 4215 million litres, both
provide drinking water to Stockport and its surrounding areas. Errwood
Reservoir has its own sailing club founded in 1968 and a fly fishing club.
Along with fishing and sailing the valley is a population destination for
cycling, horse riding and walking.
The landscape of the valley is varied with a mixture of bleak heather
moorland and wooded valley slopes. The Forestry Commission works together
with United Utilities and The Peak District National Park Authority to
manage the area and the woods that include oak, rowen, larch and pine.
Wildlife to be found in the area includes red deer, bats, badgers, foxes
and hedgehogs with a number of birds including woodpeckers, finches,
nuthatches lapwings and birds of prey as well as grouse and canada geese.
The Goyt Valley is a place to enjoy in all
seasons, in early summer the thousands of Rhododendrons around the romantic
ruins
of Errwood Hall provide a sea of colour with sheltered tables in some
areas, ideal for a summer picnic. In Autumn the moors turn purple as the
heather starts to flower before the leaves on the trees start to turn
magnificent shades of oranges, yellows and reds before they drop. In
winter the valley is a great place for a walk with extremes of weather
from a cold frosty morning to dense fog and heavy snowfall.
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