Hisehope Reservoir is the smallest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Smiddy Shaw Reservoirs.

Hisehope Reservoir
Hisehope Reservoir
Hisehope Reservoir is located in County Durham
Hisehope Reservoir
Hisehope Reservoir
LocationCounty Durham, England
Coordinates54°48′45″N 1°58′01″W / 54.81250°N 1.96694°W / 54.81250; -1.96694
Typereservoir
Managing agencyNorthumbrian Water
Surface elevation345 m (1,132 ft) asl

The reservoir was completed 1906, and is owned and operated by Northumbrian Water.[1] It feeds into Smiddy Shaw reservoir, which in turn feeds water under gravity to a water treatment works at Honey Hill.[2]

Hisehope and its two neighbouring reservoirs are located within the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Site of Special Scientific Interest, which itself forms part of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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  1. ^ Waskerley, Smiddyshaw, Hisehope (pdf downloadable at "Our region". Northumbrian Water. Retrieved 11 February 2011.)
  2. ^ "Final Water Resources Management Plan 2010-2035". Northumbrian Water Ltd. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.)