Hawkridge Reservoir

Hawkridge Reservoir
Location Spaxton, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°07′09″N 3°08′02″W / 51.11917°N 3.13389°WCoordinates: 51°07′09″N 3°08′02″W / 51.11917°N 3.13389°W
Primary inflows Peart Water
Primary outflows Cannington Brook
Built 1960
First flooded 1962
Surface area 32 acres (13 ha)
Water volume 864 million litres[1]

Hawkridge Reservoir is a reservoir near Spaxton, Somerset, England. The inflow is from several streams in the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including Peart Water and water flows out into Cannington Brook,[2] which is dammed further downstream to make the Ashford Reservoir which was constructed in 1932.

The reservoir was built between 1960 and 1962,[3] to provide drinking water for Bridgwater which is 7 miles (11 km) to the east. It has an area of 32 acres (13 ha)[4] and can hold up to 864 million litres of water.[1] The 161 metres (528 ft) long dam is 24 metres (79 ft) wide and 27 metres (89 ft) high. 30,000 cubic meters of concrete was used in its construction.[1]

Since opening the reservoir has become home to a range of animals including; invertebrates, wildfowl and amphibians.[1] It is used for angling with catches including Rainbow Trout.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Hawkridge Reservoir" (PDF). Quantock Online. Retrieved 2010.
  2. ↑ "Cannington Brook". Somerset Rivers. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Waite, Vincent (1964). Portrait of the Quantocks. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0-7091-1158-4.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hawkridge Reservoir". Wessex Water. Retrieved 19 November 2010.

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