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Drift Reservoir
Drift Reservoir is located in Cornwall
Drift Reservoir
Drift Reservoir
LocationCornwall
Coordinates50°06′29″N 5°35′28″W / 50.1080°N 5.5910°W / 50.1080; -5.5910
Typereservoir
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Max. length1,200 yd (1,097.3 m)
Surface area65 acres (26 ha)
Max. depth48 ft (14.6 m)[1]
Water volume1,200 million L (260 million imp gal; 970 acre⋅ft)[2]
Surface elevation275 feet (83.8 metres)

Drift Reservoir is a reservoir in Cornwall, England, UK, just north of the village of Drift and west of Penzance.[3] The reservoir is 1,200 yards (1,100 m) long and covers 65 acres (26 ha). The dam is at the southern end of the reservoir, and the northern end, splits into north-western and north-eastern shallow arms. It is currently managed, jointly by the South West Lakes Trust and South West Water. There is public access to the dam and parking area only.[4]

  1. ^ Penhallurick, Roger (1978). The Birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Penzance: Headlands Publications. pp. 42–55. ISBN 0-905920-02-3.
  2. ^ "150 years of dams". South West Water. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. ^ Land's End. Explorer Map 102 (B2 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 978-0-319-24116-5.
  4. ^ "Drift Reservoir". Cornwall Birdwatching & Preservation Society. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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