Saddington Reservoir is a canal reservoir and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of

Saddington Saddington is a village in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to Smeeton Westerby, Gumley, Kibworth and Fleckney. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 309. It is a small hilltop village clos ...

in Leicestershire. The reservoir was built between 1793 and 1797 to supply water to the

Grand Union canal The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another ends in Birmingham, with the latter ...

. The reservoir has a range of wetland habitats, such as open water, wet willow woodland and swamp. There are a number of nationally scarce beetles, such as ''

Carabus monilis ''Carabus monilis'', the necklace ground beetle, is a species of beetle endemic to Europe, where it is observed in Austria, Belgium, mainland France, Germany, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, the Republic of Ireland, mainland Italy, Liec ...

'', '' Atheta basicornis'', '' Eledona agricola'' and '' Gyrophaena lucidula''. There is public access to the site.

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{{SSSIs Leicestershire Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire Canal reservoirs in England Reservoirs in Leicestershire