Blagdon Lake

Local nameBlagdon Lake
LocationGreater London, UK

Blagdon Lake lies in a valley at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, close to the village of Blagdon and approximately 10 miles south of Bristol, England. The lake was created by Bristol Water, when it dammed the River Yeo, starting construction in 1898, to designs by Charles Hawksley, and completing this in 1905. The Wrington Vale Light Railway was constructed primarily to bring building materials for the lake.

The reservoir was formed by the construction of a dam and provided water to the pumping station which originally contained four Woolf compound rotative beam pumping engines, built by Glenfield & Kennedy of Kilmarnock, which have now been replaced by electric pumps. Two of the steam engines have been preserved, with one in working order as part of the visitor centre which also includes educational facilities for children. The pumping station is now a Grade II* listed building.

Tags Reservoir
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagdon_Lake

Address BS40 7, United Kingdom

Coordinates 51°20'1.554" N -2°41'48.065" E

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