Rudyard Lake is a romantic, serene stretch of water in an attractive corner of the Staffordshire Moorlands.

This quiet backwater was amazingly once Britain’s biggest inland port, the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal.

The serene waters of Carsington Water are set in the rolling countryside of the Derbyshire Dales, surrounded by attractive villages and footpaths.

The wild, harsh beauty of the Longdendale Valley offers a sense of isolation – although it is in fact easy to reach from both Sheffield and Manchester on the A628 road which runs through the valley, passing a string of reservoirs that collect rainfall from the surrounding moors.

Set in the Staffordshire Moorlands countryside just north of Leek,  Tittesworth collects water from the Upper Churnet Valley and provides drinking water to towns such as Stoke on Trent.