Tardebigge Lake is a large feeder
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 ...
, about in size, built to supply water for the famous
flight of locks running from
Tardebigge
Tardebigge () is a village in Worcestershire, England.
The village is most famous for the Tardebigge Locks, a flight of 30 canal locks that raise the Worcester and Birmingham Canal over over the Lickey Ridge. It lies in the county of Worces ...
towards
Worcester
Worcester may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England
** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament
* Worcester Park, London, Engla ...
, on the
Worcester and Birmingham Canal. It is maintained by the
Canal and River Trust
The Canal & River Trust (CRT), branded as in Wales, holds the guardianship of 2,000 miles of canals and rivers, together with reservoirs and a wide range of heritage buildings and structures, in England and Wales. Launched on 12 July 2012, th ...
and still supplies water to the canal system. The lake is up to deep at the dam end, shelving off to around at the inlet end.
Access to walkers is allowed to the dam end and the side of the lake alongside the canal path.
Fishing
The lake was used for many years as a general fishery run by Cadbury's of
Bournville, then licensed by
British Waterways
British Waterways, often shortened to BW, was a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom. It served as the navigation authority for the majority of canals and a number of rivers and docks in England, Scotlan ...
.
It is now run as a closed syndicate and, as it increases in popularity, spaces for the syndicate are limited.
References
External links
Tardebigge Anglers
Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Canal reservoirs in England
Reservoirs in Worcestershire
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