Farmoor Reservoir

Farmoor Reservoir
Farmoor Reservoir
	Farmoor Reservoir
Location	Oxfordshire
Coordinates	51°45′20″N 1°21′24″W / 51.75543°N 1.35671°W / 51.75543; -1.35671
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United Kingdom
Water volume	9.30 Gl (2.05×109 imp gal)
Website	www.thameswater.co.uk

Farmoor Reservoir is a reservoir at Farmoor, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) outside the city of Oxford. It is close to the east bank of the River Thames. Like most of the reservoirs in the Thames Valley, it was not formed by damming a valley. In this case the banks were raised above the local ground level using material excavated from within the bowl of the reservoir.

The reservoir is split into Stage 1 (completed 1967, 4,544 million litres) and Stage 2 (completed 1976, 9,298 million litres). Among other locations, Farmoor supplies the large town of Swindon, some 25 miles (40 km) to the southwest.^[1] The reservoir is filled from the River Thames.^[2]

The reservoir is used for sports: fishing (especially fly-fishing for rainbow and brown trout), dinghy sailing, windsurfing and stand up paddle boarding. Oxford SUP Club (stand-up paddle boarding), Oxford Sailing Club and the Oxford Sail Training Trust are based there. The latter offers sailing, windsurfing and powerboat courses. There is also access for bird watching and walking.

Parking

There is a public car park; use "Gate 3". There is a charge - at the time of writing (Feb 2024), the first 45 minutes are free, then its £2.00 for the day; payment is via a machine - contactless cards are accepted.

Birds of Farmoor Reservoir

Black-headed gull
Eurasian coot
Great cormorant
Greylag goose
Mute swans
Tufted duck
White wagtail
Mallard

References

^ "£32m water scheme in final stage". BBC News. 24 May 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ Benke, Mike (26 November 2014). "Water pipeline to preserve Kennet". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

External links

Oxford Sailing Club
Oxford Sail Training

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[1] "£32m water scheme in final stage". BBC News. 24 May 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[2] Benke, Mike (26 November 2014). "Water pipeline to preserve Kennet". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

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