Draycote Water

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Naturenet (talk | contribs) at 19:28, 30 October 2004. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Draycote Reservoir is a drinking water storage facility near the village Dunchurch in Warwickshire, England, owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. It supplies water to Rugby.

It covers more than 600 acres (2.4 km²) and holds up to 5,000 million imperial gallons (23 million m³) of water.

It is renowned as a site for Birdwatching and has a bird hide, with a feeding station sponsored by the West Midland Bird Club.

Severn-Trent also manage an adjacent 20-acre country park.

Draycote Water is on the A426 road at OS grid reference SP450690.

External links