URPoint Details
Hisehope Reservoir, near Edmundbyers is the smallest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, the others being Waskerley and Smiddy Shaw Reservoirs. The reservoir was completed 1906 and feeds into Smiddy Shaw reservoir, which feeds water under gravity to a water treatment works at Honey Hill.
Hisehope and its two neighbouring reservoirs are located within the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest, part of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- Type:
- Landmark
Map Location
Edmundbyers