Saddington Reservoir

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Saddington Reservoir
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Backwater of Saddington Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 310692.jpg
Location Leicestershire
Grid reference SP 663 910 [1]
InterestBiological
Area19.1 hectares (47 acres) [1]
Notification 1999 [1]
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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Saddington Reservoir". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Saddington". British History Online. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. "Map of Saddington Reservoir". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. "Saddington Reservoir citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

Coordinates: 52°30′43″N1°01′26″W / 52.512°N 1.024°W / 52.512; -1.024