Whiteadder Reservoir

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Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles south east of Garvald.

The reservoir was established in the late 1960s. The flooding ceremony was in May 1968. Millknown Farm and Kingside School were flooded.

Whiteadder reservoir supplies East Lothian and Berwickshire, including Cockenzie Power Station on the northern coast of East Lothian, and is fed by the Whiteadder Water, the lowest tributary of the River Tweed which it enters at Berwick-on-Tweed.

Data

*Dam: 89 feet high, and 600 feet thick at the base.
*Capacity: 1,750 million gallons
*Surface: 193 acres

Whiteadder Sailing Centre

Although the reservoir and the Outdoor Education Centre are in East Lothian, it has been managed by the Outdoor Education department of Scottish Borders Council for over 20 years. Through a partnership between East Lothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and Borders Sailing Club, funds were obtained for a major refurbishment, and the new Centre was opened in 2005.

Antiquities

Gamelshiel Castle ruin is not far from the reservoir, and the so-called "Packman's Grave" is also close by.

Photo gallery

ee also

*List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
*List of places in East Lothian

External links

* [http://www.ancient-stones.co.uk/lothian/011/012/details.htm Packman's Grave]
* [http://www.tweedfoundation.org.uk/ttgi/Wild_Trout_Trust_Advisory_Visit_-_Whiteadder_AA.pdf Advisory Visit to the Whiteadder Angling Association Waters on 18 June 2006]