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Waskerley Reservoir

62 ha

📷 Robert Graham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome62 ha

Getting here

54.79241, -1.96745

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Red Grouse (scotica), Meadow Pipit, Lapwing +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Red Grouse (scotica), Meadow Pipit, Lapwing +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Black Darter, Emerald Damselfly, Common Hawker +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Heather, Compact Rush, Mat-grass +28 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Heather, Compact Rush, Mat-grass +28 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Lead Mining TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Ashes Quarry GeotrailWalking route3 km
Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Stanhope Burn GeotrailWalking route5.6 km
Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Way of LightWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Satley LoopCycling route30 km
Named routeRef CDN1Length 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Route C2CCycling route

C2C off-road sections - no longer NCN

Named routeRef C2CRegional cycle route
Route C2CCycling route

C2C Stanhope on-road braid

Named routeRef C2CRegional cycle route
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route321 m
Named routeRef 7Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Sea to Sea routeMountain bike route

The UK's most popular challenge cycle route, travelling 136 miles between the Irish Sea and the North Sea, from Cumbria to Tyneside via the northern Lake District and the Pennines

Named routeRef C2CPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Waskerley Reservoir from the North

📷 Robert Graham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Waskerley Reservoir from the North

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Nearby places

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💧Smiddy Shaw ReservoirReservoir3 km→💧Smiddy Shaw ReservoirReservoir3 km→✦The Railway InnHistoric site4.2 km→✦Stanhope Smelting MillHistoric site4.5 km→✦Cairnfield on Crawley Edge, 500m north west of Hill CrestHistoric site4.8 km→✦Edmundbyers Cross, Muggleswick Common, 1460m west of Heather LeaHistoric site1.9 km→

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