Northern section of Pitsford Water, with mute swans and dragonfly sculpture
Location
Northamptonshire
Grid reference
SP 773 701[1]
Interest
Biological
Area
413.1 hectares[1]
Notification
1984[1]
Location map
[ Magic Map]
Pitsford Water or Pitsford Reservoir is a 413 hectare reservoir and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Brixworth in Northamptonshire.[1][2] It is owned by Anglian Water, which manages it as a water park for walking, cycling, fishing, sailing and birdwatching.[3] An area of 181 hectares north of the causeway which divides the reservoir is the Pitsford Water Nature Reserve, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[4]
^ abcd"Designated Sites View: Pitsford Reservoir". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^"Map of Pitsford Reservoir". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^"Pitsford Water Park". Anglian Water. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^"Pitsford Water Nature Reserve". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
PitsfordWater or Pitsford Reservoir is a 413 hectare reservoir and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Brixworth in Northamptonshire...
village's name means 'Peoht's ford'. PitsfordWater, which is used for fishing and sailing as well as storing water for the local area, is north-west of...
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Brixworth Country Park lies next to PitsfordWater in Northamptonshire, England. Brixworth Coutry Park was opened in 1997. the park contains 7.5 miles...
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from the built-up area. Another major change has been the creation of PitsfordWater (a reservoir) and Brixworth Country Park, which are a short distance...
where several streams join. Three of these streams supply water for reservoirs at Pitsford, Hollowell and Ravensthorpe, north of Northampton, before joining...
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Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2016. "PitsfordWater Nature Reserve". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and...
Northamptonshire, England, in the 1980s, living quietly in the village of Pitsford. She died from pneumonia on 3 September 2015 at a hospital in Northampton...
In June 2008, Anglian Water found traces of Cryptosporidium in water supplies of Northamptonshire. The local reservoir at Pitsford was investigated and...
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Birmingham. A sixth was also convicted. 2013, April: As part of Operation Pitsford, 11 Muslim extremists are jailed for a plotting terror attack involving...
maximum temperature of 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) was recorded on 19 July 2022 at Pitsford, located 4.4 miles (7.1 km) from the town centre. The absolute minimum...
started a school for girls, The Holy Family of Nazareth Convent School in Pitsford near Northampton. Displaced members of the Polish Marian Fathers opened...
continued to expand and in the cemetery companies bought land north of Pitsford Street from the Vyse estate for expansion. However, this land was sold...
1890 Powell, later Kynaston of Hardwick 1818 Powell, Kynaston extinct 1866 Kyrle-Money of Hom House, Whetham and Pitsford 1838 Kyrle-Money extinct 1843...
introducing non indigenous (invasive) species to any external body of UK water will be breaching the Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 and...
Maidwell: St Mary the Virgin Oxendon: St Helen Pitsford with Boughton Boughton: St John the Baptist Pitsford: All Saints Spencer Benefice Brington: St Mary...
Ranges (Surrey Wildlife Trust) Pisgah Quarry (North Wales Wildlife Trust) Pitsford Reservoir (The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire)...
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