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Cofton reservoir

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Type
  
canal reservoir

Basin countries
  
England

Surface elevation
  
196 m

Mean depth
  
4 m

Year built
  
1815

Primary inflows
  
River Arrow

Managing agency
  
Canal and River Trust

Area
  
4 ha

Length
  
340 m

Primary outflows
  
via culvert to the Bittell Reservoirs then into the Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Catchment area
  
1.4 square kilometres (350 acres)

Outflow location
  
Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Inflow source
  
River Arrow, Worcestershire

Cofton Reservoir is a canal feeder reservoir, south of the village of Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom. The reservoir is situated at the base of the Lickey Hills, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south west of Birmingham. It is the highest of four Worcester and Birmingham Canal reservoirs in the upper catchments of the River Arrow. It was originally built in 1815 as a compensation reservoir for watermills, which would have otherwise been affected by the construction of the canal. It was later used as a water supply for the canal, a function for which it still serves.

Map of Cofton Reservoir, Cofton Hackett, Birmingham, UK

References

Cofton reservoir Wikipedia