List of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom.

England[]

Buckinghamshire[]

Cambridgeshire[]

  • Grafham Water

Cheshire[]

  • Bosley Reservoir, Bosley
  • Lamaload Reservoir, east of Macclesfield

Lymm Dam, Lymm.

Cornwall[]

County Durham[]

Cumbria[]

Derbyshire[]

Devon[]

East Sussex[]

Essex[]

Gloucestershire[]

  • Dowdeswell Reservoir

Greater Manchester[]

Hertfordshire[]

  • Tring Reservoirs

Kent[]

Lancashire[]

Leicestershire[]

Lincolnshire[]

  • Covenham Reservoir
  • Denton Reservoir
  • Knipton Reservoir

London[]

  • Brent Reservoir (also known as the Welsh Harp)
  • Stain Hill Reservoirs
  • Sunnyside Reservoir

The following reservoirs form the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain.

  • King George's Reservoir, London Borough of Enfield (also known as King George V Reservoir)
  • William Girling Reservoir, London Borough of Enfield
  • Banbury Reservoir, 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, London Borough of Waltham Forest
  • West Warwick Reservoir, London Borough of Waltham Forest

Northamptonshire[]

Northumberland[]

North Yorkshire[]

Oxfordshire[]

  • (Banbury)[3]
  • Farmoor Reservoir (Oxford)
  • Grimsbury Reservoir,(Banbury)

Rutland[]

  • Rutland Water

Shropshire[]

  • Chelmarsh Reservoir

Somerset[]

South Yorkshire[]

  • Agden Reservoir
  • Broomhead Reservoir
  • Dale Dyke Reservoir
  • Damflask Reservoir
  • , feeder for the Chesterfield canal[4]
  • Howden Reservoir Western half is in Derbyshire
  • Langsett Reservoir
  • More Hall Reservoir
  • (Sheffield)
  • Redmires Reservoirs
  • Rivelin Dams
  • Strines Reservoir
  • Ulley Reservoir
  • Winscar Reservoir

Staffordshire[]

  • Bathpool Park Lake
  • Belvide Reservoir
  • Blithfield Reservoir
  • Chasewater
  • Gailey Reservoir
  • Knypersley Reservoir
  • Minster Pool
  • Rudyard Lake
  • Stowe Pool
  • Tittesworth Reservoir

Surrey[]

  • Bessborough Reservoir
  • Island Barn Reservoir
  • King George VI Reservoir
  • Knight Reservoir
  • Molesey Reservoirs
  • Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir
  • Queen Mary Reservoir
  • Queen Mother Reservoir
  • Staines Reservoirs
  • Wraysbury Reservoir

Suffolk[]

Warwickshire[]

  • Draycote Water
  • , Grand Union Canal[5]
  • , Grand Union Canal
  • , Grand Union Canal

West Midlands[]

West Sussex[]

West Yorkshire[]

  • Baitings Reservoir
  • Bilberry Reservoir
  • Black Moss Reservoir
  • Booth Wood Reservoir
  • Chelker Reservoir
  • Digley Reservoir
  • Eccup Reservoir
  • Lower Laithe Reservoir
  • Ogden Reservoir
  • Ponden Reservoir
  • Ryburn Reservoir
  • Scammonden Reservoir
  • Walshaw Dean Reservoirs
  • (Mostly in West Yorkshire, partly in Greater Manchester)
  • Warley Moor Reservoir
  • Wessenden Reservoir
  • Wessenden Head Reservoir

Wiltshire[]

Worcestershire[]

  • Bittell Reservoirs (Upper and Lower)
  • Tardebigge Reservoir

Northern Ireland[]

County Down[]

  • Silent Valley Reservoir
  • Spelga Reservoir

Scotland[]

City of Aberdeen[]

Aberdeenshire[]

Angus[]

Argyll and Bute[]

Clackmannanshire[]

Dumfries and Galloway[]

City of Dundee[]

East Ayrshire[]

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[]

  • Whiteadder Reservoir

East Renfrewshire[]

  • Rouken Glen Pond
  • Craighall Reservoir
  • (on the border with East Ayrshire)
  • (on the border with Renfrewshire)
  • (at the dye works)

City of Edinburgh[]

Falkirk[]

Fife[]

City of Glasgow[]

Highland[]

Inverclyde[]

  • Loch Thom
  • Gryffe Reservoir

Midlothian[]

Moray[]

North Ayrshire[]

North Lanarkshire[]

Orkney[]

  • (drained)

Perth and Kinross[]

Renfrewshire[]

Scottish Borders[]

Shetland[]

South Ayrshire[]

South Lanarkshire[]

Stirling[]

West Dunbartonshire[]

  • (on the border with Stirling)
  • (on the border with Stirling)

West Lothian[]

Western Isles[]

  • - Isle of Lewis
  • - Isle of Harris

Wales[]

Anglesey[]

  • Llyn Alaw - water supply to much of north Anglesey
  • Llyn Cefni - water supply to central Anglesey

Cardiff[]

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

Carmarthenshire[]

  • Llyn Brianne
  • Llyn y Fan Fach
  • Usk Reservoir

Ceredigion[]

  • Nant y Moch Reservoir

Conwy[]

  • Llyn Bodgynydd - supply for the Pandora lead mine (disused)
  • Llyn Brenig - part of Dee Regulation system - also in Denbighshire
  • 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[]

  • Alwen 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

Gwynedd[]

  • - water supply for Llanfairfechan, Dwygyfylchi and Penmaenmawr
  • Llyn Arenig Fawr - water supply for Bala town
  • - supply to Llechwedd slate quarry
  • Llyn Bodlyn - water supply to Barmouth.
  • - supply to the Blaenau Ffestiniog slate quarries
  • - supply for Rhosydd slate quarry (disused)
  • Llyn Cwellyn - water supply to Bangor and parts of south Anglesey
  • Marchlyn Mawr - header reservoir for the Dinorwig power station hydroelectric system.
  • Llyn Peris
  • Llyn Padarn - part of the Dinorwig hydroelectric system
  • - 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[]

Powys[]

  • - a chain of three reservoirs supplying the Rhondda and Taff valley and Cardiff with water
    • Beacons Reservoir
    • Cantref Reservoir
    • also see Llwyn-on Reservoir in Merthyr Tydfil
  • - a chain of four reservoirs also supplying the Taff valley and Cardiff with water
    • Upper Neuadd Reservoir
    • Lower Neuadd Reservoir
    • Pontsticill Reservoir
  • Elan Valley Reservoirs - a group of reservoirs supplying Birmingham and parts of the West Midlands conurbation with drinking water
    • Claerwen Reservoir
  • Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy) - supplies water to the Liverpool area
  • Talybont Reservoir
  • Ystradfellte Reservoir
  • Llyn Clywedog

Swansea[]

Torfaen[]

  • Llandegfedd Reservoir

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Boddington Reservoir". Canal and River Trust. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Naseby Reservoir". Canal and River Trust. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Clattercote Reservoir". Canal and River Trust. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Harthill Reservoir". Canal and River Trust. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Napton Locks Where does the water come from?" (PDF). Canal and River Trust. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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