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Hisehope Reservoir is the smallest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being
Waskerley Waskerley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated six miles to the southwest of Consett and three miles southwest of Castleside and the A68 road (Great Britain), A68. Stanhope, County Durham, Stanhope in the Durham Dales is a furt ...
and Smiddy Shaw Reservoirs. The
reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
was completed 1906, and is owned and operated by
Northumbrian Water Northumbrian Water Limited is a water company in the United Kingdom, providing mains water and sewerage services in the English counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire, and also supplying water as Essex and ...
.Waskerley, Smiddyshaw, Hisehope (pdf downloadable at ) It feeds into Smiddy Shaw reservoir, which in turn feeds water under gravity to a water treatment works at Honey Hill.) Hisehope and its two neighbouring reservoirs are located within the
Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham and Northumberland, England. It consists of two separate areas, the larger—encompassing the upland areas of Mugglesw ...
Site of Special Scientific Interest, which itself forms part of the
North Pennines The North Pennines is the northernmost section of the Pennine range of hills which runs north–south through northern England. It lies between Carlisle to the west and Darlington to the east. It is bounded to the north by the Tyne Valley and ...
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of ...
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See also

*
List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom. England Buckinghamshire * Foxcote Reservoir, north of Buckingham *Weston Turville Reservoir, between Weston Turville and Wendover Cambridgeshire * Grafham Water Cheshire * Bollinh ...


References

Drinking water reservoirs in England 1906 establishments in England Reservoirs in County Durham {{Durham-geo-stub