Eye Brook Reservoir
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Ice on the water in winter
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| Area of Search | Leicestershire Rutland |
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| Grid reference | SP 852 955 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 201.3 hectares |
| Notification | 201.3 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Eyebrook Reservoir (or Eye Brook Reservoir) is a 201.3 hectare reservoir and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which straddles the border between Leicestershire and Rutland, and is between Corby and Uppingham.
The reservoir was formed by the damming of the Eye Brook. It was built between 1937 and 1940 by Stewarts & Lloyds (supervised by Geoffrey Binnie of Binnie & Partners) to supply water to their Corby steel works, now part of Tata Steel, formerly Corus. During the Second World War it was used in May 1943 as a practice site for the Dambuster raids, standing in for the Möhne Reservoir; a plaque commemorates this.
The reservoir is an important site for wintering wildfowl, such as wigeon, teal, mallard and pochard. Other habitats are marsh, mudflats, grassland, broad-leaved woodland and plantations.
There is no public access to the reservoir, which is reserved for a trout fishery, but it can be viewed from a public footpath which runs along part of the eastern side.
Coordinates: 52°33′04″N 0°44′42″W / 52.551°N 0.745°W
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