Smiddy Shaw Reservoir Claimed

Smiddy Shaw Reservoir is one of a group of three reservoirs and completed by 1872. It and Waskerley feed water under gravity to a water treatment works at Honey  while Hisehope feeds into Smiddy Shaw.

Smiddy Shaw and its two neighbouring reservoirs are located within the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor the Site of Special Scientific Interest, which itself forms part of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.