Hawkridge Reservoir

Hawkridge Reservoir is a reservoir near Spaxton, Somerset, England.

Hawkridge Reservoir
Hawkridge Reservoir
Location	Spaxton, Somerset, England
Coordinates	51°07′09″N 3°08′02″W
Primary inflows	Peart Water
Primary outflows	Cannington Brook
Built	1960
First flooded	1962
Surface area	32 acres (13 ha)
Water volume	864 million litres (700 acre⋅ft)[1]

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]

References

1. "Hawkridge Reservoir" (PDF). Quantock Online. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
2. "Peart Water", Somerset Rivers, retrieved 2016-08-21
3. Waite, Vincent (1964). Portrait of the Quantocks. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0-7091-1158-4.
4. "Hawkridge Reservoir". Wessex Water. Retrieved 19 November 2010.

External links

• Media related to Hawkridge Reservoir at Wikimedia Commons