West Warwick Reservoir
Reservoir in London Borough of Waltham Forest
51°34′35″N 0°03′31″W / 51.576456°N 0.058494°W / 51.576456; -0.058494West Warwick Reservoir is located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Walthamstow. The storage reservoir is part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain, which supplies drinking water to London.[1] It is owned by Thames Water.
History
In 1895, the East and West Warwick Reservoirs were completed and named after the Countess of Warwick, heiress of the local Maynard family, who sold the land to East London Waterworks Company which constructed a series of reservoirs in the mid-19th century on former marshland.
Ecology
The reservoir is part of Walthamstow Reservoirs, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).[2]
Recreation
The reservoir is popular with birdwatchers,[3] anglers[4] and naturalists, but access is by permit only.
See also
References
External links
- Photograph of reservoir
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Thames Water
- John Backhouse
- Joseph Bazalgette
- Edmund Colthurst
- Great Stink
- London sewer system
- London water supply
- Metropolitan Board of Works
- Metropolitan Water Board
- Hugh Myddelton
- William Chadwell Mylne
- New River Company
- New River
- John Snow
- William Webster
- 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak
- Abbey Mills Pumping Station
- Beckton Sewage Treatment Works
- Coppermills Water Treatment Works
- Cricklewood Pumping Station
- Crossness Pumping Station
- Crossness Sewage Treatment Works
- Deephams Sewage Treatment Works
- Greenwich pumping station
- Hampton Water Treatment Works
- Mogden Sewage Treatment Works
- Walton water treatment works
- Banbury Reservoir
- Bath Road Reservoir
- Bessborough Reservoir
- Chingford Reservoirs
- East Warwick Reservoir
- Farmoor Reservoir
- Grimsbury Reservoir
- High Maynard Reservoir
- Island Barn Reservoir
- Kempton Park Reservoirs
- King George V Reservoir
- King George VI Reservoir
- Knight Reservoir
- Lee Valley Reservoir Chain
- Lockwood Reservoir
- Low Maynard Reservoir
- Molesey Reservoirs
- Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir
- Queen Mary Reservoir
- Queen Mother Reservoir
- Stain Hill Reservoirs
- Staines Reservoirs
- Sunnyside Reservoir
- Tilehurst Water Tower
- Walthamstow Reservoirs
- West Warwick Reservoir
- William Girling Reservoir
- Wraysbury Reservoir
