Chew Magna Reservoir
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| Grid reference | ST565632 |
| Location | Somerset, UK |
| Area | 5 acres (0,02 km²) |
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| 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
The reservoirs: Chew Valley Lake | Blagdon Lake | Cheddar Reservoir | Barrow Gurney Reservoirs | Litton Reservoirs | Chew Magna Reservoir
Related topics: Bristol Water
Villages: Belluton | Bishop Sutton | Blagdon | Cameley | Chelwood | Chew Magna | Chew Stoke | Chewton Keynsham | Chewton Mendip | Clutton | Compton Dando | Compton Martin | East Harptree | High Littleton | Hinton Blewitt | Hunstrete | Keynsham | Litton | Marksbury | Nempnett Thrubwell | Norton Malreward | Pensford | Publow | Regil | Stanton Drew | Stowey | Temple Cloud | Ubley | West Harptree | Winford | Woollard
Reservoirs: Blagdon Lake | Chew Magna Reservoir | Chew Valley Lake | Litton Reservoirs
Rivers: River Chew | River Yeo
SSSIs: Barns Batch Spinney | Blagdon Lake | Burledge Hill | Chew Valley Lake | Compton Martin Ochre Mine | Dundry Main Road South Quarry | Emborough Quarries | Folly Farm | Harptree Combe | Hartcliff Rocks Quarry | Lamb Leer | Lulsgate Quarry | Plaster's Green Meadows | Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
Councils: Bath and North East Somerset | Mendip | North Somerset
Surrounding areas: Dundry Down | Lulsgate Plateau | Mendip Hills | Yeo Valley
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