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Cofton Reservoir

Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 1°59′38″W / 52.378°N 1.994°W / 52.378; -1.994
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Cofton Reservoir
Cofton Reservoir is located in Worcestershire
Cofton Reservoir
Cofton Reservoir
LocationCofton Hackett, Worcestershire
Coordinates52°22′41″N 1°59′38″W / 52.378°N 1.994°W / 52.378; -1.994
Typecanal reservoir
Primary inflowsRiver Arrow
Primary outflowsvia culvert to the Bittell Reservoirs then into the Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Catchment area1.4 square kilometres (350 acres)
Basin countriesEngland
Managing agencyCanal and River Trust
Built1815
Max. length340 metres (1,120 ft)
Max. width90 metres (300 ft)
Surface area3.8 hectares (9.4 acres)
Average depth4 metres (13 ft)
Water volume115,410 cubic metres (25.39×10^6 imp gal; 93.56 acre⋅ft)
Shore length10.9 kilometres (0.56 mi)
Surface elevation196 metres (643 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Cofton Reservoir is a canal feeder reservoir, south of the village of Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom. The reservoir is situated at the base of the Lickey Hills, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south west of Birmingham. It is the highest of four Worcester and Birmingham Canal reservoirs in the upper catchments of the River Arrow. It was originally built in 1815 as a compensation reservoir for watermills, which would have otherwise been affected by the construction of the canal. It was later used as a water supply for the canal, a function for which it still serves.

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