Banbury Reservoir
Aerial view of Banbury Reservoir
Banbury Reservoir
Location	London Borough of Waltham Forest
Coordinates	51°36′17″N 0°02′06″W / 51.6047°N 0.0350°W / 51.6047; -0.0350
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United Kingdom

Surface area	46 hectares (0.18 sq mi)
Max. depth	8.5 metres (28 ft)
Water volume	2.95 Gl (0.65×10^⁹ imp gal)

Banbury Reservoir is located at Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is one of the storage reservoirs ^[1] of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain in the Middle Lea Valley.

History

The reservoir was completed by and for the East London Waterworks Company in 1903, and was subsequently taken over by the newly formed Metropolitan Water Board in 1904.^[2] The reservoir is now owned by Thames Water.

See also

References

^ "Page 3 Lee Valley Reservoir information" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2007-11-12. (183 KiB) Retrieved November 12, 2007
^ East London Waterworks-Water supply Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 12, 2007.

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