{"id":119,"date":"2019-01-27T13:20:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T13:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T15:51:29","slug":"square-dam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/?page_id=119","title":{"rendered":"Square Dam (Holme Mill Dam)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> The official name of this dam is Holme Mill Dam but it is more commonly known locally as Square Dam.<br>This dam is situated in West Slaithwaite, off Manchester Road behind the Olive Branch Public House. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This water contains Crucian Carp,&nbsp;Carp, Bream, Roach, Perch and Tench.<br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/?page_id=177\">Day Tickets<\/a><\/strong> are available for this water. <br>This water was stocked with 250 carp between 1lb and 3lb in weight on 18th March 2016.<br>A further stocking of 15 tench between 2.5 lb and 3.0 lb took place in May 2017.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fishing is only from either end and the path side banks there is to be no fishing from the far bank on the field side.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/-site\/images\/stories\/sqaure%20dam.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/-site\/images\/stories\/sqaure%20dam1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/-site\/images\/stories\/sqaure%20dam%20400%20x%20300.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/-site\/images\/stories\/square%20dam%20400%20x%20300.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>&nbsp;From Huddersfield take the A62 towards Marsden. Approximately  1 mile after passing through Slaithwaite there is a garage on the left  opposite West Slaithwaite Road &#8211; turn right down West Slaithwaite Road. Turn left at the bottom, just before the bridge, into Holme Mill. Follow the narrow road to the left past the cottages The dam is through the copse on the right.You may park in the industrial unit car park.<br>&nbsp;There is also a footpath access from the Olive Branch Public House car park.<br><strong> Please do not park in front of the cottages. <\/strong><br><strong>POSTCODE (approx)<\/strong> HD7 6LQ  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What 3 Words Dam \/\/\/politics.awoken.handicaps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parking for Dam \/\/\/caravan.duties.voltage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can only park in the carpark marked in green <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">DO NOT PARK IN THE RED AREA<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-Dam-Parking-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-894\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-Dam-Parking-1024x484.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-Dam-Parking-300x142.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-Dam-Parking-768x363.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-Dam-Parking-1536x726.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Square-Dam-Parking.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official name of this dam is Holme Mill Dam but it is more commonly known locally as Square Dam.This dam is situated in West Slaithwaite, off Manchester Road behind the Olive Branch Public House. This water contains Crucian Carp,&nbsp;Carp, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/?page_id=119\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":109,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/895"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.slaithwaitedistrictanglingclub.org\/sadac\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}