Smiddy Shaw Reservoir is one 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
Hisehope Reservoir
Hisehope Reservoir is the smallest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Smiddy Shaw Reservoirs.
The reservoir was completed 1906, and is owned and operated by Northumbria ...
s.
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 ...
, which was completed by 1872,
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, and Waskerley, feed water under gravity to a water treatment works at Honey Hill,
[)] while Hisehope feeds into Smiddy Shaw.
Smiddy Shaw and its two neighbouring reservoirs are located within the
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 ...
.
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
Reservoirs in County Durham
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