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Blackton Reservoir

Blackton Reservoir
A view over a wide valley with a lake in the middle distance
Blackton Reservoir is located in County Durham
Blackton Reservoir
Blackton Reservoir
LocationCounty Durham, England
Coordinates54°33′42″N 2°5′32″W / 54.56167°N 2.09222°W / 54.56167; -2.09222
Typereservoir
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom

Blackton Reservoir is a reservoir in County Durham, England. It is situated in Baldersdale, about 4-mile (6.4 km) west of Cotherstone, where the River Balder joins the River Tees.[1]

It is owned by Northumbrian Water and supplies water for Teesdale.[2] Blackton has a surface area of 25 hectares (62 acres), an average depth of 7.9 metres (26 ft), a catchment area of 3,374 hectares (8,340 acres) and it lies at 285 metres (935 ft) above sea level.[3][4]

Blackton is one of a series of reservoirs on the same stretch of the Balder, located immediately downstream of the larger Balderhead Reservoir and being almost continuous with Hury Reservoir further downstream.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The water supply on Teesside". The Yorkshire Herald. No. 13, 224. Column D. 21 October 1893. p. 14. OCLC 751480479.
  2. ^ McCulloch, C. S. "Political ecology of dams in Teesdale" (PDF). britishdams.org. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Blackton Reservoir | Catchment Data Explorer | Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Blackton Reservoir Water body ID 29027". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2024.