Bartley Reservoir
| Bartley Reservoir | |
|---|---|
with Birmingham city centre skyline in the background | |
Bartley Reservoir | |
| Location | Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°25′40″N 1°59′44″W / 52.42788°N 1.99554°W |
| Type | Drinking water reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Elan Aqueduct |
| Primary outflows | Frankley Water Treatment Works |
| Catchment area | Elan Valley |
| Managing agency | Severn Trent Water |
| Built | 1930 |
| Max. length | 1.05 kilometres (0.65 miles) |
| Max. width | 450 metres (1,480 ft) |
| Surface area | 0.46 square kilometres (110 acres) |
| Average depth | 5.1 metres (17 ft) |
| Max. depth | 18 metres (59 ft) |
| Water volume | 2.4 million cubic metres (530×106 imp gal) |
| Shore length1 | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Surface elevation | 180 metres (590 ft) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Bartley Reservoir is a reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water.[1] It covers 460,000 square metres (5,000,000 sq ft).
The reservoir is about 1.05 kilometres (0.65 mi) long, over 450 metres (1,480 ft) wide, and about 18 metres (60 ft) deep at the dam when full. Its surface area is 0.45 square kilometres (0.17 sq mi).
Ecology
The reservoir is known as the place where Bill Oddie did much of his early birdwatching, and features in his books (notably Bill Oddie's Gone Birding) and television programmes. His first ever published article, for the West Midland Bird Club's annual report, was about the birds of the reservoir.[2]
Leisure
The north shore of the reservoir is home to Bartley Sailing Club and Andrew Simpson Centres Birmingham.[3][4]
Culture
The reservoir featured in a television programme in 1985, when Bill Oddie was interviewed there by Julian Pettifer for a 50-minute Nature Watch Special: Bill Oddie - Bird Watcher.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via Boswarva, Owen. "Large Raised Reservoirs". Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Oddie, W.E. (July 1963). "Birds in the Bartley Reservoir Area, 1931-1962 (Part I)". The West Midland Bird Report, 1962. 29. Birmingham: West Midland Bird Club. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ "bartleysc.co.uk".
- ^ "andrewsimpsoncentres.org".
- ^ Lawson, Mark (30 July 1985). "Choice (Today's Television Programmes)". The Times. UK. p. 29. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ Nature Watch Special: Bill Oddie - Bird Watcher. ITV Central. 30 July 1985.
External links
- "West Midland Bird Club page on Bartley Reservoir". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2004.
- "Bartley Reservoir article by Bill Oddie, from West Midlands Bird Club's archive". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- Bartley Sailing Club