Whiteadder Reservoir

Whiteadder Reservoir

Sheep at the reservoir
Location East Lothian, Scotland
Coordinates 55°51′50″N 2°33′23″W / 55.86389°N 2.55639°W / 55.86389; -2.55639Coordinates: 55°51′50″N 2°33′23″W / 55.86389°N 2.55639°W / 55.86389; -2.55639
Type reservoir
Basin countries United Kingdom
Surface area 193 acres (0.78 km2)

Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles (18 km) north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles (8 km) south east of Garvald.

The reservoir was established in the late 1960s. The flooding ceremony was in May 1968. Millknowe Farm and Kingside School were flooded.

Whiteadder reservoir supplies East Lothian and Berwickshire, including Cockenzie Power Station on the northern coast of East Lothian, the Whiteadder Water flows out of the reservoir and the lowest tributary of the River Tweed which it enters at Berwick-on-Tweed.

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Whiteadder Sailing Centre

Although the reservoir and the Outdoor Education Centre are in East Lothian, it has been managed by the Outdoor Education department of Scottish Borders Council for over 20 years. Through a partnership between East Lothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and Borders Sailing Club, funds were obtained for a major refurbishment, and the new Centre was opened in 2005.

Antiquities

Gamelshiel Castle ruin is not far from the reservoir, and the so-called "Packman's Grave" is also close by.

See also

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