Water Towers: Region South East England

Buckinghamshire

Coleshill, Tower Road

N 51.6525 – W 0.6175

Green Hailey, Peters Lane

N 51.7245 – W 0.8080

Marsworth, Upper Icknield Way (former Bulbourne Canal Works)

N 51.8143 – W 0.6483

Mursley, Whaddon Road

N 51.9555 – W 0.8126

Quainton, Station Road (railway)

N 51.8641 – W 0.9277

Quainton, Station Road (railway)

N 51.8643 – W 0.9298

East Sussex

Hellingly Hospital

Portslade

Rye

Rye, Church Square

Uckfield

Hampshire

Basingstoke, Limes Park (former Park Prewett Hospital)

N 51.2816 – W 1.1179

The water tower is one of the few remaining buildings that originally belonged to Park Prewett Hospital. After the hospital had closed, the entire site was redeveloped into a housing site, which is named Limes Park.
/Wilco Krul

Bishop’s Green, Eagle Road

N 51.3617 – W 1.2819

Chilbolton, Thirt Way

N 51.1433 – W 1.4256

Coxford Down, Popham Airfield

N 51.1930 – W 1.2438

Fritham, Forest Road (converted)

N 50.9277 – W 1.6563

Goodworth Clatford, St Peter’s Close

N 51.1814 – W 1.4769

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Gosport, Haslar Road (former Royal Hospital Haslar)

N 50.7860 – W 1.1258

The hospital water tower was built in 1885 and is 120 feet high with two 125-ton water tanks, each with the capacity to hold 50,000 gallons fed from the hospital wells.

Gosport, Haslar Road (former Royal Hospital Haslar laundry)

N 50.7868 – W 1.1250

The laundry was built to serve the hospital in 1854. The northern section of the laundry has a cast iron water tank with corrugated sheeting forming its roof. The laundry remained in use until 2009.

Kentsboro, Upper Mead

N 51.1573 – W 1.5636

South Wonston, Christmas Hill

N 51.1178 – W 1.3454

Whitchurch, Bere Hill

N 51.2370 – W 1.3343

Wickham, Hoad’s Hill

N 50.8886 – W 1.1795

Winchester, Kings Road (converted)

N 51.0583 – W 1.3456

Winchester, Northbrook Avenue (converted)

N 51.0611 – W 1.2971

Worthy Down, Blackwell Road

N 51.1134 – W 1.3435

Kent

Adisham, Woodlands Wood

N 51.2372 – E 1.1635

Ashford, Kennington Road

N 51.1521 – E 0.8991

Blue Bell Hill, Common Road

N 51.3322 – E 0.5022

Coxheath, Duke of York Way

N 51.2300 – E 0.4952

Faversham, Western Link

N 51.3166 – E 0.8653

Folkestone, Royal Military Avenue

N 51.0815 – E 1.1342

Gillingham, Courteney Road

N 51.3679 – E 0.5815

Harrietsham, Stede Hill

N 51.2554 – E 0.6913

Hollingbourne, Hollingbourne Hill

N 51.2767 – E 0.6600

Northfleet, Crete Hall Road

N 51.4455 – E 0.3385

Rough Common, Whitstable Road

N 51.2915 – E 1.0575

Toy’s Hill, Toy’s Hill Road (converted)

N 51.2489 – E 0.1037

The water tower on Toy’s Hill was converted to a hibernation site for bats in 1998.
A square two-storey inner section was created and bat boxes were hung inside.
The original door was blocked up and a grille was added, which gives bats (but no other animals) access to the tower. Bats hibernate there from November to March.
/Wilco Krul

Vigo Village, Beech Mast

N 51.3314 – E 0.3623

Warren Street, Rayners Hill

N 51.2422 – E 0.7576

Luton

Luton

Milton Keynes

Castlethorpe

N 52.0857 – W 0.8268

Warrington, Northey Farm

N 52.1959 – W 0.6826

Oxfordshire

Banbury, Bretch Hill

N 52.0569 – W 1.3618

Berinsfield, Fane Drive

N 51.6661 – W 1.1705

Bicester, Buckingham Road (former RAF Bicester)

N 51.9161 – W 1.1422

Bucknell, Trow Pool

N 51.9190 – W 1.2038

Bunkers Hill, Bunkers Hill

N 51.8583 – W 1.3127

Chesterton, Bignell Park Barns

N 51.8962 – W 1.2002

Chipping Norton, Wards Road

N 51.9410 – W 1.5376

Cholsey, Reading Road (former Fair Mile Hospital)

N 51.5699 – W 1.1391

Christmas Common, Cowleaze Wood

N 51.6525 – W 0.9540

Cookley Green, Coates Lane

N 51.6093 – W 0.9997

Didcot

N 51.6126 – W 1.2438

The water tower in Didcot is not only a water tower (with a 74,000 gallon tank), but it’s also a coal stage. A coal wagon would be pushed up the embankment by a locomotive into the brick building under the water tank. There the coal would be unloaded into small wheeled tubs. The tubs were then pushed onto a ramp at the front of the coal stage and tipped up to allow the coal to fall into a locomotive tender.       /Wilco Krul

Didcot

N 51.6151 – W 1.2464

Hornton Grounds, Stratford Road (former Oxfordshire Ironstone Company)(demolished)

N 52.0917 – W 1.4441

Milton Hill, Featherbed Lane

N 51.6118 – W 1.3166

Stanton Harcourt, Main Road (former RAF Stanton Harcourt)

N 51.7457 – W 1.4000

Upper Heyford, Camp Road (demolished)

N 51.9288 – W 1.2554

Upper Heyford, Eglin Street (demolished)

N 51.9284 – W 1.2603

Upper Heyford, Gordon Road

N 51.9292 – W 1.2687

Wallingford, Station Road

N 51.6017 – W 1.31346

Woodeaton, Woodeaton Manor

N 51.8037 – W 1.2260

Reading

Emmer Green, Peppard Road

N 51.4917 – W 0.9614

Reading, Bath Road

N 51.4495 – W 0.9902

Tilehurst, Norcot Road

N 51.4593 – W 1.0335

Tilehurst, Park Lane

N 51.4516 – W 1.0471

Surrey

Camberley, Black Hill

N 51.3496 – W 0.7025

Caterham, Gravelly Hill

N 51.2625 – W 0.0849

Chelsam

N 51.3189 – W 0.0303

Compton, Priorsfield Road

N 51.2106 – W 0.6435

Epsom, Hook Road

N 51.3490 – W 0.2743

Epsom, Horton Park

Epsom, Miller Place (former West Park Hospital)

N 51.3390 – W 0.3003

Great Bookham, Polesden Lacey

N 51.2589 – W 0.3738

Great Bookham, Polesden Lacey

N 51.2581 – W 0.3753

Munstead, Munstead Heath Road (converted)

N 51.1754 – W 0.5894

Netherne-on-the-hill

N 51.2900 – W 0.1432

Woldingham

N 51.2900 – W 0.1432

West Berkshire

Brightwalton, Butts Furlong

N 51.5117 – W 1.3883

Burghfield Common, Padworth Road

N 51.3879 – W 1.0727

Greenham, Pigeons Farm Road

N 51.3864 – W 1.3002

Tidmarsh, Maidenhatch Estate

N 51.4630 – W 1.1099

Wash Common, Battle Road

N 51.3803 – W 1.3491

West Sussex

Balcombe

East Grinstead, Standen House

N 51.1029 – W 0.0164

Haywards Heath

Turners Hill

Waringlid

Windsor and Maidenhead

Holyport, Holyport Street

N 51.4946 – W 0.7141

Windsor, Riverside Walk

N 51.4914 – W 0.6036

Wokingham

Shinfield Rise, Fairlawn Green

N 51.4286 – W 0.9426