Chew Magna Reservoir

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Chew Magna Reservoir
Grid reference	ST565632
Location	Somerset, UK
Area	5 acres (0,02 km²)
Volume
Governing body	Bristol Water

Chew Magna Reservoir ST565632 is a small reservoir on the western outskirts of the village of Chew Magna, Somerset, England. It lies just north of the B3130 Winford Road.

This 5 acre reservoir was created in the 1930s, damming Winford brook, to supply water for villages in the Chew Valley. It is owned and managed by Bristol Water.

Chew Magna reservoir provides fly fishing for stocked Brown Trout (Salmo trutta morpha fario) and Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Rainbows can be fished all year. Parking is close to the lake and there are many stagings erected around the lake.

[edit] Bibliography

• Janes, Rowland (ed) (1987). The Natural History of the Chew Valley. ISBN 0-9545125-0-2.

[edit] External links

• Bristol Water
• BANES Environmental Services Area 2 - Chew Valley