Blackton Reservoir

Blackton Reservoir is a reservoir in County Durham, England. It is situated in Baldersdale, about 4-mile (6.4 km) west of Cotherstone, where the River Balder joins the River Tees.^[1]

Blackton Reservoir
Blackton Reservoir
Location	County Durham, England
Coordinates	54°33′42″N 2°5′32″W
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United Kingdom

It is owned by Northumbrian Water and supplies water for Teesdale.^[2] Blackton has a surface area of 25 hectares (62 acres), an average depth of 7.9 metres (26 ft), a catchment area of 3,374 hectares (8,340 acres) and it lies at 285 metres (935 ft) above sea level.^[3][4]

Blackton is one of a series of reservoirs on the same stretch of the Balder, located immediately downstream of the larger Balderhead Reservoir and being almost continuous with Hury Reservoir further downstream.

See also

• List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom