208 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
1300 feet elevation, with two storage reservoirs, Bollinhurst 
and Horse Coppice ; and Kinder (Hayfield) area, 2130 acres, 
between 916 and 2080 feet elevation, with Kinder 
reservoir, two miles distant from Hayfield, and at the 
base of Kinder Scout, the highest point on the area. The 
Lyme Park area consists of 540 acres of moor, 652 acres 
of arable land and pasture, 180 acres of woodland, and 
28 acres of water. The Kinder area consists of 1882 acres 
of moor, 180 acres of arable and pasture, 25 acres of wood- 
land, and 43 acres of water. The Corporation own 44 acres 
of the Lyme Park area and 220 acres of the Kinder area. 
The water is filtered, and “all farmsteads are drained, and 
the drainage used to irrigate the land by special means.” 
On the Kinder area, arrangements have been made with the 
owners that no cultivation shall take place and no cattle 
shall be allowed. There is only one dwelling, the drainage 
from which, after treatment, is delivered to the stream below 
the reservoir embankment. The average annual rainfall 
on the Kinder area is 42 inches, and on the Lyme Park 
gathering ground 33 inches. 
The two watersheds on the Sett and Hollingworth 
Clough, some 2430 acres in extent, adjoining the Kinder 
area, are included in the completed scheme of supply, but 
it is not anticipated that further works will be required for 
many years. The upper part of these areas is covered with 
peat, varying in depth from a few inches to several feet, 
and is destitute of population and free from pollution. 
An account of the Stockport water supply with map is 
given by Mr. T. Molyneux, A.M. Inst.C.E., in Zrans. Inst. 
Water Engineers, xix. No. 3 (1914). See also The Engineer, 
12th July 1912, p. 29. 
Macclesfield obtains its water supply from upland 
gathering grounds in Sutton and Macclesfield Forest, in 
connection with four storage reservoirs, as follows: 
Ridgegate Reservoir . 980 acres at 780 to 1320 feet altitude. 
Bottoms Reservoir . ; 420 na 6805 LoS Ome. is 
Tegsnose Wood Reservoir 450 A 690) 5.) 1250) 5, Ge 
Leadbetters Reservoir . 350 LPG ZO ZOOM, 915 
