Blithfield Reservoir
Blithfield Reservoir is a large raw water reservoir in Staffordshire, England, owned by South Staffordshire Water. Some 790 acres of reservoir was formed on land sold by Baron Bagot to the South Staffordshire Water Works in the 1940s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: William Hook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Abbots Bromley and Church of St Leonard, Blithfield.
RAF Abbots Bromley
Aerodrome
Photo: Alan Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
RAF Abbots Bromley is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground located 0.7 miles north-west of the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. The airfield opened during 1940 and closed on 31 March 1949 being the satellite of RAF Burnaston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbots Bromley and Colton.
Abbots Bromley
Village
Photo: Mariegriffiths, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbots Bromley is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire and lies approximately 9.8 miles east of Stafford, England.
Colton
Village
Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colton is a village and civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. It is situated just outside the town of Rugeley off the B5013 road which heads towards Uttoxeter to the north.
Rugeley
Town
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rugeley is a market town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase next to the River Trent; it is eight miles north of Lichfield, 10 miles southeast of Stafford, five miles northeast of Hednesford and 11 miles southwest of Uttoxeter.
Blithfield Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in the United Kingdom
- Category: body of water
- Location: Blithfield, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8152° or 52° 48′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.9128° or 1° 54′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C4WR38P+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 4434017OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q4926931
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