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dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
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reservoirs 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 control ...
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England


Buckinghamshire

* Foxcote Reservoir, north of Buckingham *
Weston Turville Reservoir Weston Turville Reservoir is a 19 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Weston Turville in Buckinghamshire. It is owned by the Canal & River Trust, and the open water is leased to sailing and fishing clubs while the su ...
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Weston Turville Weston Turville is a historic village and civil parish in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 3 miles (4.9 km) from the market town of Wendover and 3.5 miles (5.7 km) f ...
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Wendover Wendover is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated at the point where the main road across the Chilterns between London and Aylesbury intersects with the once important road a ...


Cambridgeshire

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Grafham Water Grafham Water is an biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) north of Perry, Huntingdonshire. It was designated an SSSI in 1986. It is a reservoir with a circumference of about , is deep at maximum, and is the eighth largest rese ...


Cheshire

* Bollinhurst Reservoir *
Bosley Reservoir Bosley Reservoir is a large reservoir created to feed the Macclesfield Canal system, specifically the twelve Bosley Lock Flight, Bosley locks. It is fed from the surrounding hills, including Bosley Cloud which rises to 1,125 feet (343 m). Histor ...
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Bosley Bosley is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 406.Horse Coppice Reservoir *
Lamaload Reservoir Lamaload Reservoir is a reservoir near Rainow, Cheshire, England (). It lies in the South West Peak within the Peak District National Park, to the west of the Goyt Valley, and is fed by the River Dean. It serves Macclesfield, which lies to its wes ...
, east of Macclesfield Lymm Dam, Lymm. * Ridgegate Reservoir and Trentabank Reservoir, south-east of Macclesfield * Sutton Reservoir, south of Macclesfield


Cornwall

* Argal and College Reservoirs, Falmouth * Boscathnoe Reservoir, Penzance * Bussow Reservoir, St Ives * Cargenwen Reservoir * Colliford Lake, Bodmin Moor * Crowdy Reservoir, Bodmin Moor *
Drift Reservoir Drift Reservoir is a reservoir in Cornwall, England, UK, just north of the village of Drift and west of Penzance. The reservoir is long and covers . The dam is at the southern end of the reservoir, and the northern end, splits into north-west ...
, Penzance * Porth Reservoir,
Newquay Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of ...
* Siblyback Lake, Bodmin Moor * Stithians Reservoir *
Upper Tamar Lake Upper Tamar lake is a reservoir on the border of Cornwall and Devon in south-west England. It is owned by South West Water and managed by the South West Lakes Trust. The reservoir serves the water supply in the Bude area of Cornwall and surroundin ...
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Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
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Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
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County Durham

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Balderhead Reservoir Balderhead Reservoir is a reservoir in Baldersdale, County Durham, England. It is one of a chain of three reservoirs on the River Balder, a tributary of the River Tees, which it joins at Cotherstone, about to the east. Balderhead Reservoir was ...
* Blackton Reservoir * Burnhope Reservoir * Derwent Reservoir * Grassholme Reservoir * Hisehope Reservoir * Hurworth Burn Reservoir * Hury Reservoir * Selset Reservoir * Smiddy Shaw Reservoir * Tunstall Reservoir * Waskerley Reservoir


Cumbria

* Borrans Reservoir, north of Windermere (town) * Castle Carrock Reservoir * Chapelhouse Reservoir, south-east of Uldale *
Cow Green Reservoir Cow Green Reservoir is a long water reservoir forming part of the border between the historic counties of Westmorland and County Durham in northern England, built between 1967 and 1971 to supply the industries of Teesside. The reservoir act ...
east of Dufton Fell * Dubbs Reservoir, north of Windermere (town) * Ennerdale Water * Fisher Tarn east of Kendal * Harlock Reservoir, Pennington Reservoir, Poaka Beck Reservoir west of the town of
Ulverston Ulverston is a market town and a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. In the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census the parish had a population of 11,524, increasing at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census to ...
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Haweswater Reservoir Haweswater is a reservoir in the valley of Mardale, Cumbria in the Lake District, England. Work to raise the height of the original natural lake was started in 1929. It was controversially dammed after the UK Parliament passed a Private Ac ...
* Hayeswater *
Kentmere Reservoir Kentmere Reservoir is a water storage facility situated in the Kentmere valley in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located north-northeast of the town of Windermere. The reservoir is fed by the streams which form the headwaters of the Rive ...
* Killington Reservoir * Meadley Reservoir, by Flat Fell, Ennerdale, Cumbria * Simpson Ground Reservoir, east of
Newby Bridge Newby Bridge is a small hamlet in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located several miles west of Grange-over-Sands and is on the River Leven, close to the southern end of Windermere. The hamlet is the site ...
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Thirlmere Thirlmere is a reservoir in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria and the English Lake District. The Helvellyn ridge lies to the east of Thirlmere. To the west of Thirlmere are a number of fells; for instance, Armboth Fell and Raven Crag both ...
* Wet Sleddale Reservoir


Derbyshire

* Butterley Reservoir * Codnor Reservoir * Carsington Water * Combs Reservoir * Errwood Reservoir *
Fernilee Reservoir Fernilee Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir fed by the River Goyt in the Peak District National Park, within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire. The village of Fernliee sits at the north end of the reser ...
* Foremark Reservoir * Hurst Reservoir * Kinder Reservoir * Linacre Reservoirs **Upper Reservoir **Middle Reservoir **Lower Reservoir *
Longdendale Chain The Longdendale Chain is a sequence of six reservoirs on the River Etherow in the Longdendale Valley, in northern Derbyshire. They were constructed between 1848 and 1884 to a design by John Frederick Bateman to supply the growing population of ...
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Arnfield Reservoir Arnfield Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was constructed in 1854 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.Hollingworth Reservoir Hollingworth Reservoir is a former reservoir near Hollingworth, Tameside, Greater Manchester. The reservoir straddles the Greater Manchester–Derbyshire border. It was constructed in 1854 as part of the Longdendale Chain, but was abandoned in ...
now drained and a nature reserve ** Bottoms Reservoir ** Valehouse Reservoir **
Rhodeswood Reservoir Rhodeswood Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1849 and June 1855 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Great ...
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Torside Reservoir Torside Reservoir is the largest man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between April 1849 and July 1864 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban ...
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Woodhead Reservoir Woodhead reservoir is a man-made lake near the hamlet of Woodhead in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1847 and June 1877 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Ethero ...
* Loscoe Dam * Mossy Lea Reservoir * Ogston Reservoir * Staunton Harold Reservoir * Swineshaw Reservoir (Derbyshire) *
Toddbrook Reservoir Toddbrook Reservoir, a feeder for the Peak Forest Canal, opened in 1838. It is sited above the town of Whaley Bridge in the Derbyshire High Peak area of England. The reservoir is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) providing habitats f ...
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Upper Derwent Valley The Upper Derwent Valley is an area of the Peak District National Park in England. It largely lies in Derbyshire, but its north eastern area lies in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Its most significant features are the Derwent Dams, Ladybower, Derwent ...
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Ladybower Reservoir Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped, artificial reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through How ...
** Derwent Reservoir with Birchinlee **
Howden Reservoir The Howden Reservoir is a Y-shaped reservoir, the uppermost of the three in the Upper Derwent Valley, England. The western half of the reservoir lies in Derbyshire and the eastern half is in Sheffield, South Yorkshire; the county border runs th ...
Eastern half is in
Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire a ...
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South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and metropolitan county, metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of City of Doncaster, Doncaster and City of Sh ...
) * Upper Swineshaw Reservoir (Derbyshire)


Devon

* Avon Dam Reservoir * Burrator Reservoir * Challacombe/Bray Reservoir * Butter Brook Reservoir * Darracott Reservoir * Fernworthy Reservoir * Gammaton Reservoirs * Holywell Reservoir * Jennetts Reservoir * Kennick Reservoir * Lower Tamar Lake * Melbury Reservoir * Meldon Reservoir * River Tavy Reservoir *
Roadford Lake Roadford Lake, also known as Roadford Reservoir is a man-made reservoir fed by the River Wolf. It is located to the north-east of Broadwoodwidger in West Devon, eight miles (13 km) east of Launceston and is the largest area of fresh water ...
* Slade Reservoir * Squabmoor reservoir * Tottiford Reservoir * Trenchford Reservoir *
Upper Tamar Lake Upper Tamar lake is a reservoir on the border of Cornwall and Devon in south-west England. It is owned by South West Water and managed by the South West Lakes Trust. The reservoir serves the water supply in the Bude area of Cornwall and surroundin ...
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Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
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Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
) * Venford Reservoir * Wheal Jewell Reservoir * Wistlandpound Reservoir


East Sussex

* Arlington Reservoir * Darwell Reservoir * Powdermill Reservoir


Essex

* Abberton Reservoir * Ardleigh Reservoir * Hanningfield Reservoir


Gloucestershire

* Dowdeswell Reservoir * Witcombe Reservoir


Greater Manchester

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Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...
: ** Belmont Reservoir ** Bryan Hey Reservoir ** Dean Mills Reservoir ** High Rid Reservoir **
Lower Rivington Reservoir Lower Rivington Reservoir is at the end of the Rivington chain of reservoirs in Lancashire, England, with Upper Rivington Reservoir to the north, and Rivington Water Treatment Works to the south. The Rivington chain primarily supplies 70,000 hou ...
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Rumworth Lodge Reservoir Rumworth Lodge Reservoir is a large shallow reservoir in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is located to the west of Bolton's A58 (Beaumont Road) and to the South-East of Lostock railway station. The water from the reservoir is not used ...
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Upper Rivington Reservoir Upper Rivington Reservoir is situated centrally in the Rivington chain of reservoirs, on the West Pennine Moors in Lancashire, England, between Rivington and Anglezarke. The engineer for the Rivington reservoirs was Thomas Hawksley and constr ...
* Bury ** Lowercroft Reservoir **
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Reservoir The Manchester Bury & Bolton Reservoir, commonly called Elton Reservoir, is located near the A58 Bolton Road in Greater Manchester, about 3 km (1.8 mi) south west of the town of Bury. Constructed in 1842 at the height of the canal er ...
(Elton Reservoir) *
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
: ** Gorton Reservoirs ** Heaton Park Reservoir *
Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...
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Ashworth Moor Reservoir Ashworth Moor Reservoir is an upland water supply reservoir amongst the Pennines in Greater Manchester, England close to the A680 road between Rochdale and Edenfield Edenfield is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England ...
** Besom Hill Reservoir **
Black Moss Reservoir (Greater Manchester) Upper and Lower Black Moss Reservoirs are reservoirs close to the village of Barley, in the Borough of Pendle, close to the market town of Burnley, England. The reservoirs provide drinking water to Nelson when needed. Ornithology During the ...
** Brownhouse Wham Reservoir ** Brushes Clough Reservoir ** Castleshaw Reservoir ** Chew_Reservoir ** Crook Gate Reservoir ** Diggle Reservoir ** Dovestones Reservoir ** Dowry Reservoir **
Greenfield Reservoir Greenfield Reservoir is a reservoir in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, in the English Peak District. Lying within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, above the village of G ...
** Hamer Pasture Reservoir ** New Years Bridge Reservoir ** Readycon Dean Reservoir ** Strinesdale Reservoir **
Yeoman Hey Reservoir Yeoman Hey Reservoir is a reservoir in the English Peak District. On its margin is a commemorative stone laid by the King of Tonga in 1981. The reservoir is within the boundaries of Greater Manchester but was formerly in the West Riding of Yorksh ...
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Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...
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Ashworth Moor Reservoir Ashworth Moor Reservoir is an upland water supply reservoir amongst the Pennines in Greater Manchester, England close to the A680 road between Rochdale and Edenfield Edenfield is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England ...
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Blackstone Edge Reservoir Blackstone Edge Reservoir is a List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom, reservoir in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is close to Blackstone Edge, from which it takes its name, and the border with C ...
** Chelburn Reservoir ** Greenbooth Reservoir ** Hanging Lees Reservoir **
Hollingworth Lake Hollingworth Lake is a reservoir at Smithy Bridge in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England. It was originally built as the main water source for the Rochdale Canal, but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s. Hotels were built arou ...
** Kitcliffe Reservoir ** Light Hazzles Reservoir **
Lower Chelburn Reservoir Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England See also *Nizhny Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
** Naden Reservoirs (Higher, Middle and Lower) ** Norman Hill Reservoir ** Ogden Reservoir **
Piethorne Reservoir Piethorne Reservoir is the largest of several List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom, reservoirs in the Piethorne Valley above Newhey, by Milnrow, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It was built betwee ...
** Rooden Reservoir ** Watergrove Reservoir *
Tameside The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame, which flows through the borough, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, ...
: ** Audenshaw Reservoirs **
Brushes Reservoir Brushes Reservoir is the second lowest reservoir of a series of four in the Brushes valley above Stalybridge in Greater Manchester, England. It was built in the 19th century to provide a supply of safe drinking water. It is owned and operated by ...
** Denton Reservoirs ** Godley Reservoir ** Higher Swineshaw Reservoir ** Lower Swineshaw Reservoir ** Swineshaw Reservoirs ** Walkerwood Reservoir *
Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington t ...
: ** Worthington Lakes


Hertfordshire

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Tring Reservoirs Tring Reservoirs is a group of four reservoirs close to Tring on the border of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. Their purpose is to feed the Grand Union Canal. The four reservoirs are: Startops End, Marsworth, Tringford and Wilston ...


Kent

* Bough Beech *
Bewl Water Bewl Water is a reservoir in the valley of the River Bewl, straddling the boundary between Kent and East Sussex in England. It is about south of Lamberhurst, Kent. The reservoir was part of a project to increase supplies of water in the a ...


Lancashire

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Anglezarke Reservoir Anglezarke Reservoir is the largest reservoir in the Rivington chain to the west of Anglezarke in Lancashire, England. Anglezarke Reservoir has three embankments: the Charnock Embankment, the longest, is long and high, the Knowsley Embankmen ...
* Belmont Reservoir * Black Moss Reservoirs * Calf Hey Reservoir * Cowm Reservoir * Delph Reservoir * Dingle Reservoir * Foulridge Reservoir * High Bullough Reservoir * Holden Wood Reservoir *
Jumbles Reservoir The Jumbles Reservoir is a heavily modified, high alkalinity, shallow reservoir in North West England. It lies in Jumbles Country Park, in the valley of Bradshaw Brook, partly in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, and partly i ...
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Lower Rivington Reservoir Lower Rivington Reservoir is at the end of the Rivington chain of reservoirs in Lancashire, England, with Upper Rivington Reservoir to the north, and Rivington Water Treatment Works to the south. The Rivington chain primarily supplies 70,000 hou ...
* Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir * Lower Ogden Reservoir * Rake Brook Reservoir * Spring Mill Reservoir * Springs Reservoir * Stocks Reservoir * Turton and Entwistle Reservoir * Upper Ogden Reservoir *
Upper Rivington Reservoir Upper Rivington Reservoir is situated centrally in the Rivington chain of reservoirs, on the West Pennine Moors in Lancashire, England, between Rivington and Anglezarke. The engineer for the Rivington reservoirs was Thomas Hawksley and constr ...
* Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir * Walves Reservoir * Ward's Reservoir (Blue Lagoon) *
Watersheddles Reservoir Watersheddles Reservoir is an upland artificial lake in Lancashire, England. The reservoir was opened in 1877 by the Keighley Corporation Water Works, and is now owned by Yorkshire Water. It supplies water to the Worth Valley and Keighley area a ...
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Wayoh Reservoir Wayoh Reservoir is a water reservoir in the town of Edgworth, Lancashire, England. It was completed on 28 April 1876 to supply water to Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly ...
* Yarrow Reservoir


Leicestershire

* Blackbrook Reservoir *
Eyebrook Reservoir Eyebrook Reservoir (or Eye Brook Reservoir) is a reservoir and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which straddles the border between Leicestershire and Rutland in central England. The closest towns are Corby and Uppingham. The rese ...
(Corby) * Cropston Reservoir * Knipton Reservoir * Nanpantan Reservoir * Saddington Reservoir * Staunton Harold Reservoir *
Swithland Reservoir Swithland Reservoir is a reservoir in the English county of Leicestershire. It is north-east of the village of Swithland from which it takes its name, north-west of Rothley and approximately south-west of Mountsorrel Quarry. It is part of the ...
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Thornton Reservoir Thornton Reservoir is a small reservoir situated in the National Forest near the village of Thornton in Leicestershire. It has a surface area of and a perimeter of . It was originally built in 1854 when it had its own treatment works which we ...


Lincolnshire

* Covenham Reservoir * Denton Reservoir * Knipton Reservoir


London

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Brent Reservoir The Brent Reservoir (popularly called the Welsh Harp) is a reservoir in North West London. It straddles the boundary between the boroughs of Brent and Barnet and is owned by the Canal & River Trust. The reservoir takes its informal name from a p ...
(also known as the Welsh Harp) * Grand Junction Reservoir * Stain Hill Reservoirs * Stoke Newington West Reservoir * Sunnyside Reservoir The following reservoirs form the
Lee Valley Reservoir Chain The Lee Valley Reservoir Chain is located in the Lee Valley, and comprises 13 reservoirs that supply drinking water to London. The Reservoir Chain is a major geographic constraint; together with the Thames it is one of the two significant topogr ...
. * King George's Reservoir,
London Borough of Enfield The London Borough of Enfield () is a London borough in North London. It borders the London boroughs of Barnet to the west, Haringey to the south, and Waltham Forest to the southeast. To the north are the districts of Hertsmere, Welwyn Hat ...
(also known as King George V Reservoir) *
William Girling Reservoir The William Girling Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Enfield and is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain that supplies London with drinking water. It is named after William Girling OBE, a chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board (M ...
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London Borough of Enfield The London Borough of Enfield () is a London borough in North London. It borders the London boroughs of Barnet to the west, Haringey to the south, and Waltham Forest to the southeast. To the north are the districts of Hertsmere, Welwyn Hat ...
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Banbury Reservoir Banbury Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Walthamstow. It is one of the storage reservoirs in the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain. The reservoir is owned by Thames Water. History The reservoir, which was completed in 1 ...
, London Borough of Waltham Forest * Lockwood Reservoir, London Borough of Waltham Forest * High Maynard Reservoir, London Borough of Waltham Forest * Low Maynard Reservoir, London Borough of Waltham Forest * Walthamstow Reservoirs, London Borough of Waltham Forest, five linked numbered reservoirs *
East Warwick Reservoir East Warwick Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Walthamstow. The storage reservoir is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain and supplies drinking water to London. The reservoir is owned by Thames Water. History Th ...
, London Borough of Waltham Forest * West Warwick Reservoir, London Borough of Waltham Forest


Northamptonshire

* Barby Storage Reservoir * Boddington Reservoir,
Oxford canal The Oxford Canal is a narrowboat canal in central England linking the City of Oxford with the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury (just north of Coventry and south of Bedworth) via Banbury and Rugby. Completed in 1790, it connects to the River Thames ...
supply reservoir, Upper Boddington * Cransley Reservoir (Kettering) *Daventry Reservoir in Daventry Country Park * Drayton Reservoir (Daventry) * Hollowell reservoir
Hollowell Hollowell is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population, including the nearby hamlet of Teeton, was 353 people, increasing to 385 at the 2011 Census. The village w ...
* Naseby Reservoir,
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 ...
supply,
Naseby Naseby is a village in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 687. The village is 14 mi (22.5 km) north of Northampton, 13.3 mi (21.4 km) northeast of Daventry, and 7&nb ...
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Pitsford Water Pitsford Water or Pitsford Reservoir is a 413 hectare reservoir and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Brixworth in Northamptonshire. It is owned by Anglian Water, which manages it as a water park for walking, cycling, fishing ...
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Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe may refer to any of the following places. England *Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury in West Yorkshire **Ravensthorpe railway station, Dewsbury *Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire *Ravensthorpe, Peterborough in Cambridgeshire *Ravensthorpe, an histor ...
Reservoir * Stanford Reservoir, between Stanford-on-Avon and South Kilworth * Sulby Reservoir * Sywell Reservoir * Thorpe Malsor Reservoir (Kettering) *
Welford Reservoir Welford Reservoir is in the English county of Northamptonshire. Welford Reservoir is the lower of a pair of reservoirs owned by the Canal & River Trust - the other being Sulby Reservoir - that provide water to the summit level of the Grand Unio ...


Northumberland

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Bakethin Reservoir Bakethin Reservoir is a reservoir immediately upstream of Kielder Water, in Northumberland, England, close to the border with Scotland. It is fed by the River North Tyne and lies southeast of Kielder village. The reservoir is created by the we ...
* Catcleugh Reservoir * Colt Crag Reservoir * Fontburn * Hallington Reservoirs * Little Swinburne Reservoir * Kielder Water *
Whittle Dene Whittle may refer to: Crafts *Whittling, the carving of wood with a knife People * Whittle (name), a surname, and a list of people with the name Places * Whittle, Kentucky * Whittle, Derbyshire, a hamlet near Glossop Glossop is a market town ...


North Yorkshire

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Angram Reservoir Angram Reservoir is the first of three reservoirs on the River Nidd in Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, the others being Scar House Reservoir and finally the compensation reservoir Gouthwaite Reservoir. It is located at OS map refe ...
* Beaver Dyke Reservoirs * Chelker Reservoir * Cod Beck Reservoir * Elslack Reservoir * Embsay Reservoir * Fewston Reservoir *
Gouthwaite Reservoir Gouthwaite Reservoir is a reservoir in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of many in the area, others include Roundhill Reservoir and Angram Reservoir. Gouthwaite's sole purpose is a compensation reservoir for the River Nidd, i.e. ...
* Grimwith Reservoir * Laneshaw Reservoir * Leighton Reservoir * Lindley Wood Reservoir * Lockwood Beck Reservoir * Lower Barden Reservoir * Lumley Moor Reservoir * March Ghyll Reservoir * Mossy Moor Reservoir * Oulston Reservoir * Roundhill Reservoir * Scaling Dam Reservoir *
Scar House Reservoir Scar House Reservoir is the second of the three reservoirs in Upper Nidderdale, England, the others being Angram Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir. Between them they attract around 150,000 visitors a year. Angram and Scar House were built to ...
* Scargill Reservoir *
Swinsty Reservoir Swinsty Reservoir is a reservoir in the Washburn valley north of Otley and west of Harrogate in Yorkshire, England. Construction began in 1871 and was completed in 1878. The capacity is about 866 million gallons, with a surface area of 63 hect ...
* Ten Acre Reservoir * Thornton Steward Reservoir * Thruscross Reservoir * Upper Barden Reservoir *
Winterburn Reservoir Winterburn Reservoir is located near the village of Winterburn in Malhamdale, North Yorkshire, England. It was constructed between 1885 and 1893 by Leeds civil engineers Henry Rofe and Edward Filliter to help maintain levels on the Leeds and L ...


Oxfordshire

* Clattercote Reservoir (
Banbury Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. It had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census. Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshir ...
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Farmoor Reservoir Farmoor Reservoir is a reservoir at Farmoor, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) outside the city of Oxford. It is close to the east bank of the River Thames. Like most of the reservoirs in the Thames Valley, it was not formed by ...
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Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
) * Grimsbury Reservoir,(Banbury)


Rutland

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Rutland Water Rutland Water is a reservoir in Rutland, England, east of Rutland's county town, Oakham. It is filled by pumping from the River Nene and River Welland, and provides water to the East Midlands. By surface area it is the largest reservoir in En ...


Shropshire

* Chelmarsh Reservoir * Knighton Reservoir


Somerset

* Ashford Reservoir * Barrow Gurney Tanks * Blagdon Lake *
Chard Reservoir Chard Reservoir is a reservoir north east of Chard Somerset, England. It is owned and managed by South Somerset District Council and is a recipient of the Green Flag Award. It was built on the river Isle in 1842 to provide water for the Chard Ca ...
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Cheddar Reservoir Cheddar Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in Somerset, England, operated by Bristol Water. Dating from the 1930s it has a capacity of 1350 million gallons (6,140,000 cubic metres). The reservoir is supplied with water tak ...
* Chew Valley Lake * Clatworthy Reservoir * Durleigh reservoir * Hawkridge Reservoir * Leigh Reservoir * Litton Reservoirs * Luxhay Reservoir * Nutscale Reservoir *
Otterhead Lakes Otterhead Lakes are a pair of reservoirs in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty south of Otterford in Somerset, England. They are fed by the River Otter and managed by the Otterhead Estate Trust Company Limited, working with t ...
* Sutton Bingham Reservoir *
Wimbleball Lake Wimbleball Lake on Exmoor in Somerset, England, is a water supply reservoir constructed in the 1970s and completed in 1979. The high dam is of concrete buttress construction and impounds the River Haddeo to provide a water storage capacity of ...


South Yorkshire

* Agden Reservoir * Broadstone Reservoir * Broomhead Reservoir * Dale Dyke Reservoir * Damflask Reservoir * Elsecar Reservoir * Harthill Reservoir, feeder for the Chesterfield canal *
Howden Reservoir The Howden Reservoir is a Y-shaped reservoir, the uppermost of the three in the Upper Derwent Valley, England. The western half of the reservoir lies in Derbyshire and the eastern half is in Sheffield, South Yorkshire; the county border runs th ...
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Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
* Ingbirchworth Reservoir * Langsett Reservoir * Midhope Reservoir * More Hall Reservoir * Pebley Reservoir (
Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire a ...
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Redmires Reservoirs The Redmires Reservoirs are a group of three reservoirs in Fulwood, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They are fed from the Hallam Moors by various small streams including Fairthorn Clough. The three reservoirs are named Upper, Middle and ...
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Rivelin Dams Rivelin Dams are a pair of water storage reservoirs situated in the upper part of the Rivelin Valley, west of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. The dams are owned by Yorkshire Water and provide water to 319,000 peopleRoyd Moor Reservoir * Scout Dyke Reservoir * Snailsden Reservoir * Strines Reservoir * Ulley Reservoir *
Underbank Reservoir The Underbank is an area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, containing the streets of Little Underbank and Great Underbank. Originally considered the finest shopping street in Stockport during the 19th century, the street was dubbed as Stockport's ...
* Weecher Reservoir * Wharncliffe Reservoir * Windleden Reservoirs * Winscar Reservoir * Worsbrough Reservoir


Staffordshire

* Bathpool Park Lake * Belvide Reservoir * Betley Hall Reservoir *
Blithfield Reservoir Blithfield Reservoir is a large raw water reservoir in Staffordshire, England, owned by South Staffordshire Water. Some 800 acres (324 hectares) of reservoir was formed on land sold by Baron Bagot to the South Staffordshire Water Works (SSWW) i ...
* Bromley Mill Pool * Brookleys Lake * Canwell Estate Reservoir *
Chasewater Chasewater is a reservoir located in the parish of Burntwood and the district of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. Originally known as Norton Pool and Cannock Chase Reservoir, it was created as a canal feeder reservoir in 1797. The reservoi ...
* Gailey Reservoir * Gap Pool * Hales Hall Pool * Hatherton Reservoir * Hanch Reservoir * Holly Bush Lake * Knypersley Reservoir * Minster Pool *
Rudyard Lake Rudyard Lake is a reservoir in Rudyard, Staffordshire, located north-west of the town of Leek, Staffordshire. It was constructed in the late 18th century to feed the Caldon Canal. During the 19th century, it was a popular destination for day ...
* Stowe Pool * Swinfen Lake * Tixall Park Pool * Trentham Gardens Lake * Tittesworth Reservoir


Surrey

* Bessborough Reservoir *
Island Barn Reservoir The Island Barn Reservoir lies south of the River Thames in England at West Molesey and north of Lower Green, Esher. The reservoir is large with a capacity of 992 million gallons and is managed by Thames Water. It is within the borough of Elm ...
* King George VI Reservoir * Knight Reservoir * Molesey Reservoirs * Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir *
Queen Mary Reservoir The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest of London's reservoirs supplying fresh water to London and parts of surrounding counties, and is located in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. The reservoir covers and is above the surrounding are ...
* Queen Mother Reservoir * Staines Reservoirs *
Wraysbury Reservoir Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London, just west of the M25 near the village of Wraysbury, and directly under the western approach path of Heathrow Airport. The reservoir was begun in 1967 and completed by W. & C. French in ...


Suffolk

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Alton Water Alton Water (or Alton Reservoir) is a manmade reservoir located on the Shotley peninsula. It is the largest in Suffolk, with a perimeter of over . Construction Due to a shortage of water in the Ipswich area in the 1960s, a list of twenty pote ...


Warwickshire

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Draycote Water Draycote Water is a reservoir and country park near the village of Dunchurch, south of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. It draws its water from the River Leam, and supplies drinking water to Rugby and ...
* Napton Reservoir, Grand Union Canal * Oldbury Reservoir * Packington Lakes, Grand Union Canal * Shustoke Reservoirs * Stockton Reservoir, Grand Union Canal * Wormleighton Reservoir


West Midlands

* Bartley Reservoir (
Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...
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Edgbaston Reservoir Edgbaston Reservoir, originally known as Rotton Park Reservoir and referred to in some early maps as Rock Pool Reservoir, is a canal feeder reservoir in Birmingham, England, maintained by the Canal & River Trust.Environment Agency public regist ...
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Lifford Reservoir Lifford Reservoir in the Kings Norton district of Birmingham, England was built by the Worcester & Birmingham Canal company in 1815 to compensate Lifford Mill for water lost to the canal. It is located at the junction of the Stratford-upon-Av ...
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Netherton Reservoir Netherton Reservoir - otherwise known as Lodge Farm Reservoir or locally known as The Rezza is a canal feeder reservoir in the Netherton district of Dudley, England. It opened in 1838, and is now used for watersports, as well as supplying wa ...
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Dudley Dudley is a large market town and administrative centre in the county of West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically an exclave of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the ...
* Olton Reservoir,
Solihull Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blyth ...
* Perry Barr Reservoir (covered) (Birmingham) * Witton Lakes (Birmingham) * see also
Elan Valley Reservoirs The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs, which were built by the Birmingham Corporation Water Department, provide clean drin ...
(Wales) which were built by, and supply, Birmingham


West Sussex

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Ardingly Reservoir Ardingly Reservoir is west of Ardingly in West Sussex. The southern end is a Local Nature Reserve owned and managed by South East Water. The reservoir feeds the River Ouse located in West Sussex, England north of Haywards Heath. The villages ...
* Weir Wood Reservoir


West Yorkshire

* Ardsley Reservoir *
Baitings Reservoir Baitings Reservoir is a large water supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the West Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the higher of two reservoirs built to supply Wakefiel ...
* Bilberry Reservoir * Blackmoorfoot Reservoir * Black Moss Reservoir *
Blakeley Reservoir Blakeley may refer to: People *Blakeley (surname) Places in the United States Areas and settlements * Blakeley, Alabama, a ghost town * Blakeley Township, Scott County, Minnesota * Blakeley, New York, an unincorporated hamlet * Blakeley, Oregon, ...
* Booth Dean Upper Reservoir * Booth Dean Lower Reservoir * Booth Wood Reservoir * Boshaw Whams Reservoir * Brownhill Reservoir * Butterley Reservoir * Chelker Reservoir * Cupwith Reservoir * Dean Head Upper Reservoir * Dean Head Lower Reservoir * Dean Head Reservoir *
Deer Hill Reservoir Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family (biology), family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, inclu ...
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Digley Reservoir Digley Reservoir is a lake located downstream of Bilberry Reservoir, south west of Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire, England. The reservoir was planned during the 1930s, with much land being bought for its construction, but it was not completed un ...
* Doe Park Reservoir *
Eccup Reservoir Eccup Reservoir is a reservoir in Alwoodley, a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, near the village of Eccup. It was first constructed in 1843,''The Leeds Mercury'' Saturday, 3 June 1843; Issue 5713, Local Intelligence and expanded to it ...
* Eldwick Reservoir * Elslack Reservoir * Gorple Lower Reservoir * Gorple Upper Reservoir * Graincliffe Reservoir * Green Withens Reservoir * Hewenden Reservoir * Holme Styes Reservoir * Keighley Moor Reservoir * Leeming Reservoir * Leeshaw Reservoir *
Lower Laithe Reservoir Lower Laithe Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies west of Haworth, West Yorkshire, England. The reservoir was initially approved under the Keighley Waterworks and Improvement Act of 1869 but work did not begin on its constructi ...
* March Ghyll Reservoir * March Hey Reservoir * Mixenden Reservoir * Ogden Reservoir * Panorama Reservoir * Ponden Reservoir * Ramsden Reservoir * Redbrook Reservoir * Reva Reservoir * Riding Wood Reservoir * Ringstone Edge Reservoir *
Ryburn Reservoir Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built in the valley to supply Wakefield with ...
* Scammonden Reservoir * Silsden Reservoir * Stubden Reservoir * Sunnydale Reservoir * Swellands Reservoir * Thornton Moor Reservoir * Walshaw Dean Reservoirs * Warland Reservoir (Mostly in West Yorkshire, partly in Greater Manchester) * Warley Moor Reservoir * Weecher Reservoir *
Wessenden Reservoir Wessenden Reservoir is the second in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park. Following the Wessenden Act of Parliament of 1836 ...
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Wessenden Head Reservoir Wessenden Head Reservoir is the highest in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park. Following the Wessenden Act of Parliament of ...
* Widdop Reservoir * Yateholme Reservoir


Wiltshire

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Wilton Water Wilton Water (or Wide Waters) is a small reservoir, southwest of the village of Great Bedwyn in the English county of Wiltshire, which supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The reservoir lies in the parish of Grafton ...
header reservoir for the Kennet and Avon Canal


Worcestershire

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Bittell Reservoirs The Bittell Reservoirs () are located in Worcestershire between Barnt Green to the south and the Birmingham district of Longbridge to the north. They consist of the Upper (Upper Bittell) and Lower (Lower Bittell) reservoir. They were built to f ...
(Upper and Lower) * Tardebigge Reservoir


Northern Ireland


County Down

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Silent Valley Reservoir The Silent Valley Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel, County Down in Northern Ireland. It supplies most of the water for County Down, surrounding counties and most of Belfast. It is owned and maintained by Northe ...
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Spelga Reservoir Spelga Reservoir is a reservoir in the townland of Spelga () in the Mourne Mountains of County Down, Northern Ireland. It was formed by the Spelga Dam and sits at over above sea level. It has a volume of 2,700,000 cubic metres and a catchment a ...


Scotland


City of Aberdeen

* Braeside Reservoir * Cattofield Reservoir * Mannofield Reservoir * Slopefield Reservoir * Smithfield Reservoir


Aberdeenshire

* Bluehills Reservoir * Clochandighter Reservoir * Garlogie Dam * Inchgarth Reservoir - Cults * Loch of Aboyne * Loch Saugh * Silver Dam aka Culter Compensation Dam


Angus

* Backwater Reservoir * Brewlands Reservoir * Crombie Reservoir * Den of Ogil * Glenogil * Kinnaird Lake * Ledcrieff Loch * Linrathen * Linrathen Clear Water Storage * Loch Auchintaple or Auchintaple Loch * Loch Lee * Loch Shandra * Long Loch * Monikie Clear Water Basin * Monikie North Pond * Monikie South (Island) Pond * Piperdam Loch


Argyll and Bute

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Allt na Lairige Allt na Lairige Dam (Burn of the Pass), is a pre-stressed concrete dam in Argyll and Bute, Scotland at . It creates an impounding reservoir which serves the Glen Fyne hydroelectric scheme. The dam was designed by William George Nicholson Geddes ...
- Glen Fyne * Ardlussa Fishing Loch - Isle of Jura * Asgog Loch - Tighnabruaich * Aucha Lochy - Campbeltown *
Auchengaich Reservoir National Auchengaich Reservoir was created in 1942 through the construction of an earthfill dam built by the military to supply water to Helensburgh and the Gareloch during World War II. See also * List of reservoirs and dams in the United King ...
- Glen Fruin * Beochlich - 9 km NW of Inveraray * Bishop's Glen Reservoir (also known as Dunoon Reservoir) - Dunoon *
Blackmill Loch Blackmill Loch is an impounding reservoir, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The loch was constructed in 1964 and is one source of freshwater for the Lochgair Hydroelectric Scheme. The loch feeds the River Add, when not diverted for hydroelectric pu ...
- Minard * Cam Loch - North Knapdale * Craignafeich Reservoirs - Tighnabruaich * Crarae Reservoir - Minard * Crosshill Loch - Campbeltown *
Cruachan Reservoir Cruachan Reservoir is a reservoir in Scotland. It is located to the north west of Loch Awe, in a corrie beneath Ben Cruachan. It is the upper reservoir for the Cruachan Power Station pumped-storage scheme. It was created in the 1960s, and is ...
- Loch Awe * Daill Loch - North Knapdale * Dhu Loch - Bute *
Feorlin Feorlin is an impounding reservoir located 2 kilometres west of Minard. The loch is part of the Lochgair Hydroelectric Scheme. The rockfill dam is 4.19 metres high and was completed in 1964. When not diverted for hydroelectric purposes, the loc ...
- Minard * Gleann Dubh - Barcaldine * Gleann Loch - North Knapdale * Helensburgh No. 1 Reservoir - Helensburgh * Helensburgh No. 2 Reservoir - Helensburgh * Kilduskland Reservoir - Ardrishaig * Kirk Dam - Bute * Knockruan Loch - Campbeltown * Leorin Loch - Port Ellen, Islay * Lindowan Reservoir - Kilcreggan * Loch A' Bharain - North Knapdale * Loch A' Chaorainn - South Knapdale * Loch Allan - Port Askaig, Islay * Loch a'Mhuillin - North Knapdale * Loch an Add - North Knapdale * Loch an Droighinn - Kilchrenan * Loch an Sgoltaire - Isle of Colonsay * Loch an Torr - Dervaig, Isle of Mull * Loch Ascog - Isle of Bute * Loch Assapol - Bunessan, Isle of Mull *
Loch Awe Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Obha'') is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe or Lochawe. There are islands within the loch such ...
- part of the Awe hydroelectric scheme * Loch Ba - Gruline, Isle of Mull * Loch Bearnoch - Lochdon, Isle of Mull * Loch Beinn Uraraidh - Port Ellen, Islay * Loch Cam - Bridgend, Isle of Islay * Loch Chaorunn - South Knapdale * Loch Ciaran - Clachan, North Kintyre * Loch Clachaig - North Knapdale *
Loch Eck Loch Eck (Gaelic: ''Loch Eich'') is a freshwater loch located on the Cowal peninsula, north of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is long. Along with Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms'Richens, R. J. (198 ...
- Cowal * Loch Fad - Bute * Loch Finlas - 4 km SW Luss * Loch Gearach - Port Charlotte, Islay *
Loch Glashan ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spel ...
- Lochgair, Mid-Argyll * Loch Gleann - Oban * Loch Iarnan - Port Ellen, Islay * Loch Leacann - Furnace * Loch Lebdgei (Dubh Loch) - North Knapdale * Loch Lebgei - North Knapdale * Loch Na Bric - North Knapdale * Loch na Creige Crainde - North Knapdale * Loch Na Faoilinn - North Knapdale * Loch Na Sreinge - 9 km NE of Kilmelford * Loch Nam Ban - Port Askaig, Islay * Loch Nam Breac Buidhe - North Knapdale * Loch Nan Torran - South Knapdale * Loch Righeachan - Inveraray * Loch Skerrols - Bridgend, Isle of Islay * Loch Sloy (Reservoir) - 6 km N of Arrochar * Loch Tarsan - Glen Lean, Cowal * Loch Tralaig - Kilmelford * Loch Turamin (New Loch) - Isle of Colonsay * Loch Uigeadail - Port Ellen, Islay * Lochan A' Ghurrabain - Tobermory, Isle of Mull * Lochan Duin - North Knapdale * Lochan Ghlas - Garelochhead * Lochan Gleann Astaile - Isle of Jura * Lochan Lasgainn Mor - Kilmelford * Lower Glen Shira - 12 km NE of Inveraray * Luachrach Loch - Oban * Main Glen Shira - 13 km NE of Inveraray * Mishnish Lochs - Tobermory, Isle of Mull * Nant Reservoir - Kilchrenan * Oude Reservoir - Kilmelford * Powder Mill Dam - Tighnabruaich * Sholum Lochs - Port Ellen, Islay * Still Loch - Ardrishaig * Strathduie Water - Campbeltown


Clackmannanshire

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Gartmorn Dam Gartmorn Dam is an artificial freshwater lake north-east of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK, built in 1711-12 as a reservoir to supply water to hydraulic machines used in Alloa's mining industry. It was commissioned by John Erskine, 23rd an ...


Dumfries and Galloway

* Carsfad Loch * Clatteringshaws Loch * Glenkiln Reservoir * Kettleton Reservoir * Black Esk Dam * Winterhope Reservoir


City of Dundee

* Clatto Reservoir


East Ayrshire

* Afton Reservoir * Corsehouse Reservoir * Craigendunton Reservoir * Glenbuck Loch * Loch Finlas


East Dunbartonshire

* Bankell Reservoir - supplies Milngavie water treatment works * Craigmaddie Reservoir - supplies Milngavie water treatment works * Mugdock Reservoir - supplies Milngavie water treatment works


East Lothian

* Lammerloch * Stobshiel Reservoir * Whiteadder Reservoir


East Renfrewshire

* Balgray Reservoir * Littleton Reservoir * Ryat Linn Reservoir * Waulkmill Glen Reservoir * Walton Dam * Glanderston Dam * Snypes Dam * Kirkton Dam *
Harelaw Reservoir, Fereneze Golf Course Harelaw is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of Annfield Plain Annfield Plain is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on a plateau between the towns of Stanley, to the north-east, and Cons ...
* Harelaw Reservoir, Eaglesham Moor * Rouken Glen Pond * Craighall Reservoir * Commore Dam * White Loch *
Black Loch The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire. The surface area of the Black Loch was enl ...
* Brother Loch * Little Loch * Pilmuir Reservoir * Loch Craig * Bennan Loch * Corsehouse Reservoir (on the border with
East Ayrshire East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquar ...
) * Long Loch * Loch Goin * Dunwan Loch * High Dam * Picketlaw Reservoir * Caplaw Dam (on the border with
Renfrewshire Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Re ...
) * Netherplace Reservoir (at the dye works) * Glenburn Reservoir


City of Edinburgh

* Clubbiedean Reservoir * Harlaw Reservoir * Threipmuir Reservoir * Torduff Reservoir *Bonaly Reservoir


Falkirk

* Faughlin Reservoir * Millhall Reservoir


Fife

* Ballo Reservoir * Clatto Reservoir *
Cameron Reservoir Cameron Reservoir is an artificial loch in the parish of Cameron in east Fife, Scotland. Covering an area of 69 hectares, it serves as a domestic water supply and contains beds of aquatic and marginal vegetation. Cameron Reservoir is an import ...
* Castlehill Reservoir * Drumain Reservoir * Holl Reservoir * Harperleas Reservoir * Stenhouse Loch * Carriston Reservoir * Donald Rose Reservoir * Carlhurlie Reservoir


City of Glasgow

* Hogganfield Loch


Highland

* Blackwater Reservoir, near
Kinlochleven Kinlochleven () ( gd, Ceann Loch Lìobhann) is a village located in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking Glen Coe. The village ...
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Clunas Reservoir Clunas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Clunas (1894–1916), Scottish footballer * Craig Clunas Alistair Craig Clunas (born 1 December 1954 in Aberdeen, Scotland) is Professor Emeritus of History of Art at the U ...
* Loch Benevean *
Loch Laggan Loch Laggan is a freshwater loch situated approximately west of Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands. The loch has an irregular shape, runs nearly northeast to southwest and is approximately in length. It has an average depth of and is at its ...
and Loch Treig - both part of the
Lochaber Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creatio ...
hydroelectric scheme * Loch Monar - part of the Strathfarrar hydroelectric scheme * Loch Quoich and
Loch Garry Loch Garry (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Garraidh) is a freshwater loch 25 km north of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. Loch Garry is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10 km upstream on the River Garry, an ...
- both part of the Glen Garry hydroelectric scheme * Loch Loyne and Loch Cluanie - both part of the Glen Moriston hydroelectric scheme *
Loch Mullardoch Loch Mullardoch is a major reservoir in Glen Cannich in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It was created by the damming in 1951 of the River Cannich just upstream of Mullardoch House, as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme. ...
- part of the
Glen Affric Glen Affric ( gd, Gleann Afraig) is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. A mi ...
hydroelectric scheme * Loch Glascarnoch


Inverclyde

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Loch Thom Loch Thom is a reservoir which since 1827 has provided a water supply to the town of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland. It is named after the civil engineer Robert Thom who designed the scheme which created the reservoir and delivered water ...
* Gryffe Reservoir * Harelaw Reservoir * Knocknair’shill Reservoir * Dougliehill Reservoir


Midlothian

* Edgelaw Reservoir * Gladhouse Reservoir * Glencorse Reservoir * North Esk Reservoir * Rosebery Reservoir *Loganlea Reservoir


Moray

* Glenlatterach Reservoir


North Ayrshire

* Auldmuir Reservoir * Barcraigs Reservoir * Busbie Muir Reservoir * Caaf Reservoir * Camphill Reservoir * Cuffhill Reservoir * Glenburn Reservoir * Kelly Reservoir * Knockendon Reservoir * Kirkleegreen Reservoir * Mill Glen Reservoir * Muirhead Reservoir * Munnoch Reservoir * Outerwards Reservoir * Skelmorlie Lower Reservoir * Skelmorlie Upper Reservoir


North Lanarkshire

* Birkenburn * Broadwood Loch * Daer * Dalmacoulter * Forrestburn * Glenhove No. 1 * Glenhove No. 2 *
Hillend Loch Hillend Loch or Hillend Reservoir is an artificial lake located to the east of Caldercruix in North Lanarkshire, Scotland owned by Scottish Canals. It is bordered on its south shore by the A89 road. Location Hillend Loch sits immediately to the E ...
* Lilly Loch * Roughrigg * Strathclyde Park * Townhead Reservoir * West Corrie


Orkney

* Wideford Hill Reservoir (drained) * Stromness Waterworks


Perth and Kinross

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Dunalastair Water Dunalastair Water (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Dhùn Alastair") is an entirely man made reservoir in Scotland which lies between Loch Rannoch and Loch Tummel in Strath Tummel in Perth and Kinross council area. The loch provides water power for the Tu ...
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Loch Tummel Loch Tummel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Teimheil) is a long, narrow loch, northwest of Pitlochry in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is fed and drained by the River Tummel, which flows into the River Tay about south-east of th ...
- part of the Tummel Valley hydroelectric scheme * Loch Turret Reservoir and Glenturret Dam. Near
Crieff Crieff (; gd, Craoibh, meaning "tree") is a Scottish market town in Perth and Kinross on the A85 road between Perth and Crianlarich, and the A822 between Greenloaning and Aberfeldy. The A822 joins the A823 to Dunfermline. Crieff has becom ...
* Lower Glendevon Reservoir * Upper Glendevon Reservoir


Renfrewshire

* Rowbank Reservoir


Scottish Borders

* Alemoor Loch * Baddinsgill Reservoir * Fruid Reservoir *
Megget Reservoir Megget Reservoir is an impounding reservoir in the Megget valley in Ettrick Forest, in the Scottish Borders. The reservoir is held back by the largest earth dam in Scotland. The reservoir collects water from the Tweedsmuir Hills, which is then ...
* Talla Reservoir * Westwater Reservoir


Shetland

* Sandy Loch Reservoir


South Ayrshire

* Bradan Service Reservoir * Collenan * Glendrissaigh * Loch Bradan * Loch Riecawr * Loch Spallander * Loch Spouts * Penwhapple * Raith


South Lanarkshire

* Camps Reservoir * Culter Waterhead Reservoir


Stirling

* Cocksburn Reservoir * Earlsburn Reservoir * North Third Reservoir


West Dunbartonshire

* Cochno Loch * Jaw Reservoir * Greenside Reservoir * Carman Reservoir * Kilmannan Reservoir (on the border with
Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
) * Burncrooks Reservoir (on the border with
Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
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West Lothian

* Cobbinshaw Reservoir * Eliburn Reservoir * Harperrig Reservoir * Lochcote Reservoir


Western Isles

* Loch Mor an Stairr - Isle of Lewis * Roghadal Reservoir - Isle of Harris


Wales


Anglesey

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- water supply to much of north
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Llyn Cefni Llyn Cefni is a small reservoir in the centre of Anglesey, Wales which is managed by Welsh Water and Hamdden Ltd, while the fishery is managed by the Cefni Angling Association. The reservoir is located just northwest of the island's county town ...
- water supply to central Anglesey


Cardiff

*Llanishen Reservoir - water supply to Cardiff *Lisvane Reservoir - water Supply to Cardiff


Carmarthenshire

*Upper and Cwm Lliedi reservoirs *Llyn Brianne *Llyn y Fan Fach *Usk Reservoir


Ceredigion

*Dinas Reservoir *Teifi Pools *Llyn Teifi *Nant y Moch, Nant y Moch Reservoir


Conwy

*Llyn Bodgynydd - supply for the Pandora lead mine (disused) *Llyn Brenig - part of Dee Regulation system - also in Denbighshire *Coedty Reservoir, Llyn Coedty - water supply for Dolgarrog hydroelectric station *Llyn Conwy - water supply for Llanrwst and Betws-y-Coed *Llyn Cowlyd - water supply for Conwy and Colwyn Bay and for Dolgarrog hydroelectric station *Llyn Crafnant - water supply for Llanrwst *Llyn Dulyn - water supply for Llandudno *Llyn Melynllyn - water supply for Llandudno *Llyn Parc - supply for the Aberllyn mine (disused) *Llyn Elsi - water supply for Betws-y-Coed (disused)


Denbighshire

*Aled Isaf Reservoir *Alwen Reservoir *Cae Llwyd Reservoir *Llyn Aled *Llyn Alwen *Llyn Brenig - part of the River Dee regulation system *Llyn Celyn - part of the River Dee regulation system. *Pendinas Reservoir *Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake) *Nant-y-Ffrith Reservoir *Ty Mawr Reservoir


Gwynedd

*Llyn Anafon - water supply for Llanfairfechan, Dwygyfylchi and Penmaenmawr *Llyn Arenig Fach *Llyn Arenig Fawr - water supply for Bala town *Llynnau Barlwyd - supply to Llechwedd slate quarry *Llyn Bodlyn - water supply to Barmouth. *Llyn Bowydd - supply to the Blaenau Ffestiniog slate quarries *Llyn Cwm Corsiog - supply for Rhosydd slate quarry (disused) *Llyn Cwellyn - water supply to Bangor, Wales, Bangor and parts of south
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*Marchlyn Mawr - header reservoir for the Dinorwig power station hydroelectric system. *Llyn Peris *Llyn Padarn - part of the Dinorwig hydroelectric system *Llyn Stwlan - built for the hydroelectric Ffestiniog Power Station *Llyn Trawsfynydd - built for the Maentwrog hydroelectric Power Station


Merthyr Tydfil

*Llwyn-on Reservoir *Pontsticill Reservoir, including Pentwyn Reservoir


Neath Port Talbot

*Eglwys Nunydd - water supply to Tata Steel Europe steel-works at Port Talbot


Pembrokeshire

*Bosherston Lakes - artificial amenity lakes *Llys-y-Frân Reservoir *Rosebush Reservoir


Powys

*Taff Fawr reservoirs- a chain of three reservoirs supplying the Rhondda and River Taff, Taff valley and Cardiff with water **Beacons Reservoir **Cantref Reservoir ** also see Llwyn-on Reservoir in Merthyr Tydfil *Taff Fechan reservoirs - a chain of four reservoirs also supplying the River Taff, Taff valley and Cardiff with water **Upper Neuadd Reservoir **Lower Neuadd Reservoir **Doly y gaer Reservoir **Pontsticill Reservoir *
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- a group of reservoirs supplying
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and parts of the West Midlands conurbation with drinking water **Claerwen Reservoir **Craig-goch Reservoir **Penygarreg Reservoir **Garreg-ddu Reservoir **Caban-coch Reservoir *Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy) - supplies water to the Liverpool area *Talybont Reservoir *Ystradfellte Reservoir *Llyn Clywedog


Rhondda Cynon Taf

*Lluest-wen Reservoir


Swansea

*Cray Reservoir *Swansea Barrage *Upper and Lower Lliw Reservoirs


Torfaen

*Llandegfedd Reservoir


See also

*Ofwat *List of dams and reservoirs **Geography of the United Kingdom **List of lakes in England **List of Irish loughs, List of loughs in Ireland **List of lochs in Scotland **List of lakes in Wales **List of rivers of the United Kingdom **Waterways in the United Kingdom


References

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