Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom

England

Cornwall

• Drift Reservoir, Penzance

County Durham

• Hatherton Reservoir

Derbyshire

• Carsington Water
• Ogston Reservoir
• Upper Derwent Valley
  • Ladybower Reservoir
  • Derwent Reservoir
  • Howden Reservoir
• Longdendale chain of reservoirs
  • Arnside Reservoir
  • Bottoms Reservoir
  • Valehouse Reservoir
  • Rhodeswood Reservoir
  • Torside Reservoir
  • Woodhead Reservoir

Devon

• Wimbleball Reservoir

Essex

• Hanningfield Reservoir

Greater Manchester

• Bolton:
  • Rumworth Lodge Reservoir
• Manchester City:
  • Manchester, Bolton and Bury Reservoir
• Oldham:
  • Ashworth Moor Reservoir
  • Blackstone Edge Reservoir
  • Brownhouse Wham Reservoir
  • Greenbooth Reservoir
  • Hollingworth Lake
  • Hamer Pasture Reservoir
  • Lower Chelburn Reservoir
  • Naden Reservoirs (Higher, Middle and Lower)
  • Watergrove Reservoir
• Rochdale:
  • Kitcliffe Reservoir
  • Ogden Reservoir
  • Piethorne Reservoir
  • Rooden Reservoir
• Tameside:
  • Audenshaw Reservoirs
  • Brushes Reservoir
  • Denton Reservoirs
  • Higher Swineshaw Reservoir
  • Lower Swineshaw Reservoir
  • Swineshaw Reservoir
  • Walkerwood Reservoir
• Wigan:
  • Worthington Lakes

Lancashire

• Anglezarke Reservoir
• Cowm Reservoir
• Delph Reservoir
• Dingle Reservoir
• Jumbles Reservoir
• Lower Rivington Reservoir
• Spring Mill Reservoir
• Springs Reservoir
• Turton and Entwhistle Reservoir
• Wayoh Reservoir

Leicestershire

• Blackbrook Reservoir
• Cropston Reservoir
• Staunton Harold Reservoir

London

• Abberton Reservoir
• Island Barn Reservoir
• Stoke Newington West Reservoir
• On the River Lee
  • King George's Reservoir, Brimsdown
  • William Girling Reservoir, Edmonton
  • Banbury Reservoir, Tottenham
  • Lockwood Reservoir
  • High Maynard Reservoir
  • Low Maynard Reservoir
  • then a series of 5 numbered reservoirs
  • Warwick Reservoir

Northamptonshire

• Drayton Reservoir (Daventry)

Northumberland

• Fontburn Reservoir

North Yorkshire

• Swinsty Reservoir

Oxfordshire

• Clattercote Reservoir (Banbury)
• Farmoor Reservoir (Oxford),

Rutland

• Rutland Water

Somerset

• Chard Reservoir
• Clatworthy Reservoir

South Yorkshire

• Pebley Reservoir (Sheffield)
• Weecher Reservoir

Staffordshire

• Belvide Reservoir
• Blithfield Reservoir
• Chasewater
• Gailey Reservoir
• Rudyard Lake
• Tittesworth Reservoir

Warwickshire

• Shustoke Reservoir
• Draycote Water

West Midlands

• Bartley Reservoir (Birmingham)
• Brookvale Park Lake (Birmingham)
• Edgbaston Reservoir (Birmingham)
• Kingstanding (covered) (Birmingham)
• Netherton Reservoir, Dudley
• Witton Lakes (Birmingham)
• see also Elan Valley Reservoirs (Wales) which were built by, and supply, Birmingham.

West Yorkshire

• Blackmoorfoot Reservoir
• Green Withens Reservoir
• Redbrook Reservoir
• Swellands Reservoir

Worcestershire

• Bittell Reservoirs (Upper and Lower)

Scotland

• Blackwater Reservoir, near Kinlochleven
• Dunoon Reservoir
• Harperrigg Reservoir
• Loch Laggan and Loch Treig - both part of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme
• Loch Monar - part of the Strathfarrar hydroelectric scheme
• Loch Quoich and Loch Garry - both part of the Glen Garry hydroelectric scheme
• Loch Loyne and Loch Cluanie - both part of the Glen Moriston hydroelectric scheme
• Loch Mullardoch - part of the Glen Affric hydroelectric scheme

West Lothian

• Eliburn Reservoir

Wales

Carmarthenshire

• Usk Reservoir

Powys

• Elan Valley Reservoirs
  • Claerwen Reservoir
  • Craig-goch Reservoir
  • Penygarreg Reservoir
  • Garreg-ddu Reservoir
  • Caban-coch Reservoir
  • Afon Claerwen

Northern Ireland

Co. Down

• Silent Valley Reservoir
• Spega Dam Reservoir

See also

• Ofwat
• UK topics
• List of reservoirs and dams
• Rivers of the United Kingdom
• Waterways in the United Kingdom

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