Water Towers: Region East of England

Bedford

Milton Ernest, Thurleigh Road

N 52.1992 – W 0.4945


Ravensden, Sunderland Hill

N 52.1898 – W 0.4301

Cambridgeshire

Abbotsley, Cambridge Road

N 52.2245 – W 0.2149


Abbots Ripton, Clay Lane

N 52.3888 – W 0.2039


Balsham, West Wickham Road

N 52.1252 – E 0.3213


Bluntisham, Bluntisham Heath Road (old)

N 52.3574 – W 0.0042


Bluntisham, Bluntisham Heath Road (new)

N 52.3582 – W 0.0021


Cambourne, St. Neots Road

N 52.1970 – E 0.4229


Chatteris, Eastwood

N 52.4489 – E 0.0509


Conington, Conington Lane (former Glatton Air Base)

N 52.4583 – W 0.2794

Wilco Krul:
The water tower near Conington is a ‘symbol of remembrance’. This water tower is also depicted on a memorial plaque, which is located next to the water tower. The text on this memorial plaque reads:

GLATTON AIR BASE
1944 1945

The WATER TOWER that stands before you is the only remaining significant structure of the Glatton Air Base.

Construction of this base (Station 130) was completed by the 809th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) of the United States Army in late 1943. It was home for the 457th Bomb Group (H) of the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force in 1944-45.

Today this tower stands alone, like a silent sentinel, providing a visual landmark for those 457th Airmen who did not return from that last mission.

It is a symbol of remembrance for all Airmen who fought in WWII for the cause of freedom.

[emblem of the 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy)]


Cottenham, Manse Drive (converted)

N 52.2856 – W 0.1157


Ditton Green, Stetchworth Road

N 52.2250 – W 0.0692


East Perry, Crow Spinney Lane

N 52.2874 – W 0.3178


Eaton Socon, Bushmead Road

N 52.2207 – W 0.2977


Ely, Heaton Close

N 52.4124 – E 0.2795


Ely, Tower Road

N 52.3956 – E 0.2527


Grafham, Buckden Road

N 52.3067 – W 0.2967


Great Gransden, Caxton Road

N 52.1922 – W 0.1308


Haddenham, Wilburton Road

N 52.3544 – E 0.1535


Huntingdon, Brampton Road

N 52.3307 – W 0.1937


Littleport, Grange Lane

N 52.4484 – E 0.2952


Longstowe

N 52.1666 – W 0.1084


Mill Green

N 52.0812 – E 0.3682


Over, Willingham Road

N 52.3075 – E 0.0299


Sapley, St Peters Road

N 52.3509 – W 0.1830


Sawston, Babraham Road

N 52.1276 – E 0.1747


Soham, Fordham Road

N 53.3184 – E 0.3676


Swaffham Prior, Mill Hill

N 52.2535 – E 0.3015


Yelling, High Street

N 52.2466 – W 0.1746

Central Bedfordshire

Heath and Reach, Eastern Way

N 51.9444 – W 0.6455


Langford, Edworth Road

N 52.0471 – W 0.2292


Meppershall, Stondon Road

N 52.0089 – W 0.3331


Potton, Hatley Road

N 52.1293 – W 0.1793


Pulloxhill, Higham Bury Lane

N 51.9909 – W 0.4575


Ridgmont, Eversholt Road

N 52.0132 – W 0.5789

Essex

Church Langley, Challinor

N 51.7611 – E 0.1526


Colchester, Balkene Gardens

N 51.8896 – E 8.8951

Läs om vattentornet – Ebers vattentorn – Cirkulation nr 5/2001.

Pelare eller strävor som bär upp ett vattentorn skall inte bara på ett säkert sätt fylla sin funktion, utan skall också visuellt övertyga betraktaren om det. Betongvattentornet i Trent Park i Cockfosters i norra London gör förhoppningsvis detta. Byggherre var dåvarande Lee Valley Water Company, med cheferna J.W. Milne och E.H. Riley.

De raka strävorna bildar ett effektfullt flätat hyperboliskt gallerverk, där varje sträva lutar 120° mot markplanet. Tornet, där det en tid fanns planer på att ha restaurang överst, är från 1968 och har en reservoar på 1 130 m³. Det ägs i dag av Veolia Water UK.

Ladda ner Cirkulations version som en pdf-fil.


Havering-atte-Bower, Broxhill Road

N 51.6166 – E 0.1900


Rye Hill, Rye Hill Road

N 51.7399 – E 0.0975

Hertfordshire

Albury, Parsonage Lane

N 51.9001 – E 0.0673


Berkhamsted, Shootersway

N 51.7545 – W 0.5798


Bishop’s Stortford, Hadham Road

N 51.8785 – E 0.1396


Bishop’s Stortford, Heath Row

N 51.8797 – E 0.1815


Brookmans Park, Kentish Lane

N 51.7307 – W 0.1750


Essendon, High Road

N 51.7589 – W 0.1540


Felden, Featherbed Lane

N 51.7335 – W 0.4928


Gaddesden Row, Gaddesden Row

N 51.8070 – W 0.4812


Great Gaddesden, Hoo Wood

N 51.8021 – W 0.5031


Hemel Hempstead, Farmhouse Lane

N 51.7639 – W 0.4470


Little Wymondley, Tower Close

N 51.9285 – W 0.2344


London Colney, Beningfield Drive

N 51.7221 – W 0.3118


Old Hall Green

N 51.8837 – W 0.0173


Tea Green, Stony Lane

N 51.8960 – W 0.3493


Tonwell, Temple Lane

N 51.8390 – W 0.0635


Weston, Mill Lane

N 51.9582 – W 0.1665


Whitwell, Horn Hill

N 51.8727 – W 0.2901

Lincolnshire

Grantham, Gorse Lane

N 52.8924 – W 0.6487


Pinchbech, Knight Street

N 52.8177 – W 0.1671


Sutterton, Spalding Road

N 52.9025 – W 0.0938

Norfolk

Bowthorpe, Barnard Road

N 52.6433 – E 1.2107


Caister on Sea, Ormesby Road

N 52.6580 – E 1.7162


Diss, Louie’s Lane

N 52.3808 – E 1.1038                             N 52.3806 – E 1.1041


East Carleton, Water Tower Road

N 52.5713 – E 1.1999


Fakenham, Holt Road (demolished)

N 52.8363 – E 0.8588


Fakenham, Holt Road

N 52.8354 – E 0.8591


Hethersett, Great Melton Road

N 52.6020 – E 1.1695


Kenninghall, East Harling Road


Kilverstone, Kilverstone Hall

N 52.4227 – E 0.7801


North Lopham, High Common Road

N 52.4026 – E 0.9906


Norwich, Montcalm Road

N 52.6309 – E 1.3165


Welney, Main Street

N 52.4227 – E 0.7801

Suffolk

Bedingfield, Bedingfield Road

N 52.2705 – E 1.1843


Blythburgh

N 52.3115 – E 1.5983


Botesdale, Bury Road

N 52.3470 – E 1.0191


Bradfield St. Clare, Felsham Road

N 52.1849 – E 0.7972


Crowfield, Ipswich Road

N 52.1716 – E 1.1508


Depden, Wickhambrook Road

N 52.1881 – E 0.5857


Elmswell, Ashfield Road

N 52.2552 – E 0.9216


Elveden

N 52.3669 – E 0.6762


Elveden, Chalk Hall

N 52.3790 – E 0.6528


Finningham, Station Road

N 52.2760 – E 1.0251


Gazeley, Moulton Road

N 52.2512 – E 0.5098


Haverhill, Moor Pasture Way

N 52.0986 – E 0.4427


Lavenham, Bury Road

N 52.1296 – E 0.7952


Lowestoft, Pakefield

N 52.4481 – E 1.7243


Lowestoft, Stradbroke Road

N 52.4543 – E 1.7279


Middlewood Green

N 52.2085 – E 1.0653


Risby

N 52.2717 – E 0.6246


Risby, Welham Road

N 52.2663 – E 0.6237


Southwold, York Road

N 52.3273 – E 1.6705         N 52.3272 – E 1.6704


Stowlangtoft, Kiln Lane

N 52.2922 – E 0.8742