Waskerley Reservoir Claimed

Waskerley Reservoir near Edmundbyers, is the largest of the group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, the others being Smiddy Shaw and Hisehope Reservoirs.The reservoir, which was constructed in 1877, it and Smiddy Shaw—which in turn is fed by Hisehope—feed water under gravity to a water treatment works at Honey Hill. 

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