Brookvale Park Lake
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Brookvale Park Lake is a former drinking water reservoir in the Erdington area of Birmingham, England.
Two brooks, arising at Kingstanding and Bleak Hill, Erdington, respectively, feed first Witton Lakes, then overspill into Brookvale Park Lake, before reaching the River Tame.
The brooks are natural; the lakes were created at the end of the 1800s to supply drinking water for Birmingham. They were then in the countryside, and the water relatively clean. Industrialisation and urban sprawl led to the water no longer being fit for drinking, so the City turned to the Elan Valley in Wales for a supply. The lakes and surrounding parkland are now maintained as a leisure amenity by Birmingham City Council.
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The lakes are at OS Grid Reference grid reference SP091911
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