Cropston Reservoir - Leicestershire Claimed

Cropston Reservoir (originally known as Bradgate Reservoir) lies in Charnwood Forest. 

The dam and associated water works are in Cropston, while the bulk of the reservoir is in the neighbouring Newtown Linford parish.

It is part of the 399.3 hectare Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir Site of Special Scientific Interest.

A stone wall was built by George Rudkin around the boundary to separate the deer park from the reservoir, at a cost of 8s 10d per yard.

The dam is 760 yards long and rises to a height of 51 feet at its highest point, which gives a depth of water of 38 feet.

The cost of the dam was £41,356 and the reservoir £8,500, the reservoir was completed in 1870