Cofton Reservoir

Cofton Reservoir
Cofton Reservoir
Location	Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire
Coordinates	52.378°N 1.994°W / 52.378; -1.994
Type	canal reservoir
Primary inflows	River Arrow
Primary outflows	via culvert to the Bittell Reservoirs then into the Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Catchment area	1.4 square kilometres (350 acres)
Basin countries	England
Managing agency	Canal and River Trust
Built	1815
Max. length	340 metres (1,120 ft)
Max. width	90 metres (300 ft)
Surface area	3.8 hectares (9.4 acres)
Average depth	4 metres (13 ft)
Water volume	115,410 cubic metres (25.39×10^6 imp gal; 93.56 acre⋅ft)
Shore length1	0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi)
Surface elevation	196 metres (643 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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.

See also

• Canals of the United Kingdom
• History of the British canal system

External links

• Cofton Lake Conservation Ltd