Cofton Reservoir

Cofton Reservoir
Location Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire
Coordinates 52°22′41″N 1°59′38″W / 52.378°N 1.994°W / 52.378; -1.994Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 1°59′38″W / 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.

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