| Grid Reference NY810309 | Co-ordinates: 54.6670, -2.3010 |
Cow Green
Reservoir
Situated below the highest fells of the North Pennines on the border between Cumbria and Co. Durham, Cow Green is a 2 mile (3km) long reservoir built between 1967 and 1971 to supplie the industries of Teeside. The reservoir regulates water flow on the River Tees and maintains water levels in six further reservoirs downstream from where water is extracted for domestic and industrial use.
Construction was opposed by conservationists concerned about it's impact on the local plant and animal life as well as the local geology but today the reservoir now forms part of the Moor House - Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve in 1969 and is the largest such reserve in England. A short distrance downstream from the dam is Cauldron Snout waterfall. There are several mines nearby.
Cow Green Reservoir is on the Pennine Way and is also accessible by a three mile (5km) road branching off from the Middleton to Alston road at Landon Beck where there is a nice hotel offering food, drinks and accommodation.
Cow Green Reservoir Low Water at Cow Green Reservoir Viewpoint at Cow Green Reservoir
Situated below the highest fells of the North Pennines on the border between Cumbria and Co. Durham, Cow Green is a 2 mile (3km) long reservoir built between 1967 and 1971 to supplie the industries of Teeside. The reservoir regulates water flow on the River Tees and maintains water levels in six further reservoirs downstream from where water is extracted for domestic and industrial use.
Construction was opposed by conservationists concerned about it's impact on the local plant and animal life as well as the local geology but today the reservoir now forms part of the Moor House - Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve in 1969 and is the largest such reserve in England. A short distrance downstream from the dam is Cauldron Snout waterfall. There are several mines nearby.
Cow Green Reservoir is on the Pennine Way and is also accessible by a three mile (5km) road branching off from the Middleton to Alston road at Landon Beck where there is a nice hotel offering food, drinks and accommodation.
Cow Green Reservoir Low Water at Cow Green Reservoir Viewpoint at Cow Green Reservoir