Talla Reservoir
Talla Reservoir, located a mile from Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders, Scotland, is an earth-work dam fed by Talla Water. The reservoir is supplemented by water from the nearby Fruid Reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Talla Cleuch Head and Broad Law.
Talla Cleuch Head
Peak
Talla Cleuch Head is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. As ascents are either long or steep from all other sides, Talla Cleuch Head is normally climbed from the Megget Stane to the southeast, which allows for a deer fence to be followed to the summit.
Broad Law
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The second-highest point in the Southern Uplands and the highest point in the Scottish Borders, it has an elevation of 840 metres, a prominence of 653 metres and an isolation of 81 kilometres.
Fruid Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fruid is a small reservoir in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, UK, near Menzion. It is formed by damming the Fruid Water, and supplements the contents of Talla Reservoir, forming part of the water supply for Edinburgh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tweedsmuir.
Tweedsmuir
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tweedsmuir is a village and civil parish in Tweeddale, the Scottish Borders Council district, southeastern Scotland.
Talla Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: artificial lake in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, on Talla Water
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.48095° or 55° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.39411° or 3° 23′ 39″ westElevation
1,322 feet (403 metres)Open location code
9C7RFJJ4+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 88812219OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2636301Wikidata ID
Q7334604
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Talla Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Talla Reservoir”
- French: “Talla Reservoir”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Talla”
- Swedish: “Talla Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Talla Linnfoots and Blacklaw.
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Highlights include Mathieside Cairn and Garelet Hill.
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