Stowe Pool
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| Location | Lichfield, Staffordshire |
| Coordinates | 52°41′18″N 1°49′22″W / 52.688384°N 1.822799°WCoordinates: 52°41′18″N 1°49′22″W / 52.688384°N 1.822799°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Leamonsley Brook, Trunkfield Brook from Minster Pool |
| Primary outflows | Curborough Brook |
| Catchment area | 37.2 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | England |
| Managing agency | Lichfield District Council |
| Built | 1856 |
| Max. length | 470 metres (1,540 ft) |
| Max. width | 100 metres (330 ft) |
| Surface area | 55,000 square metres (14 acres) |
| Average depth | 3.95 metres (13.0 ft) |
| Max. depth | 7 metres (23 ft) |
| Water volume | 217,600 m3 (47.9×106 imp gal; 176.4 acre·ft) |
| Shore length1 | 1.13 kilometres (0.70 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 79.3 m (260 ft) OD |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Stowe Pool is a reservoir located in the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire. Formerly a fishery (along with nearby Bishop's Pool and Minister Pool), Stowe Pool was turned into a reservoir in 1856 by the South Staffordshire Waterworks Co.. Before 1856, Stowe Pool existed as a mill pond, with Stowe mill located just to the west of St Chad’s Church. Since 1968 the reservoir has not been used for supply and is now a public amenity used for recreation purposes. Stowe Pool is a designated SSSI site as it is home to the native white-clawed crayfish.
Lichfield is built on two sides of a shallow valley into which flow Leamonsley Brook and Trunkfield Brook from the west. Leamonsley Brook originates from a spring in Maple Hayes and flows east through Beacon Park where it combines with Trunkfield Brook into a conduit under the Museum Gardens. The streams are then carried under Bird Street into Minster Pool and then pass into a pipe under Dam Street, Stowe Fields and into Stowe Pool. The outflow from Stowe Pool flows north as Curborough Brook, eventually flowing into the River Trent. Stowe Pool has a capacity of 217,600m3 (47.8 million gallons) and a surface area of 55,000m2 (14 acres), with an average depth of 3.95m.
The pool supports a large variety of fish including, carp, bream, tench, roach, perch, pike and eel. Stowe Pool also supports a large and healthy population of white-clawed crayfish. Due to the isolated nature of Stowe Pool the crayfish are not exposed to disease which has spread into many of their other habitats. As a result of its crayfish population Stowe Pool was designated a SSSI site in 1998. Effective wildlife management of the pool has attracted various species of wildfowl, including swans, moorhens, coots and grebes.
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