| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Location | Leicestershire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SP 663 910 [1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 19.1 hectares (47 acres) [1] |
| Notification | 1999 [1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Saddington Reservoir is a canal reservoir [2] and 19.1 hectares (47 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Saddington in Leicestershire. [1] [3] The reservoir was built between 1793 and 1797 to supply water to the Grand Union Canal. [2]
The reservoir has a range of wetland habitats, such as open water, wet willow woodland and swamp. There are a number of nationally scarce beetles, such as Carabus monilis , Atheta basicornis , Eledona agricola and Gyrophaena lucidula . [4]
There is public access to the site.
