Hawkridge Reservoir

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Hawkridge Reservoir
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Hawkridge Reservoir
Location Spaxton, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°07′09″N3°08′02″W / 51.11917°N 3.13389°W / 51.11917; -3.13389
Primary inflows Peart Water
Primary outflows Cannington Brook
Built1960
First flooded1962
Surface area32 acres (13 ha)
Water volume864 million litres (700 acre⋅ft) [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, which continues below the reservoir in a northeast direction to Spaxton, where it enters the Ashford Reservoir. The distance between the two reservoirs is about 2 miles (3.2 km). [2] The Hawkridge 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hawkridge Reservoir" (PDF). Quantock Online. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. "Peart Water", Somerset Rivers, retrieved 21 August 2016
  3. Waite, Vincent (1964). Portrait of the Quantocks. London: Robert Hale. ISBN   0-7091-1158-4.
  4. 1 2 "Hawkridge Reservoir". Wessex Water. Retrieved 19 November 2010.