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Derwent

Northumbrian Water · 👁 67 views

63.9%
full
Last reported 28 Dec 2025
Water companyNorthumbrian Water
Reservoir typeImpounding
Primary useWater resources
Completed1966
Location54.8690, -1.9842
Full capacity50,006 Ml
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Where it is

Approximate location. Satellite imagery © Esri.

Level history

This time of year, in past years

Year% full (nearest reading)
202541.6%
202482.6%
202353.2%
202234.1%

Nearest reading within 10 days either side of today's date, for each year on record.

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Nearby river gauges

Eddys Bridge River Derwent 3.5 km
Stocksfield Ridley Mill Stocksfield Burn 9.2 km
Riding Mill River Tyne 9.4 km
Bywell River Tyne 9.4 km
Blackhall Mill River Derwent 11.7 km
Where this comes from. Reservoir data © the UK water companies, from their published reservoir-level reports and the Stream water-industry open data portal (CC BY 4.0). Thames Water London history via the London Datastore (Open Government Licence v2). Figures are exactly as published by Northumbrian Water — reporting day and rounding vary. Levels older than 21 days are marked "last reported" rather than treated as current.
Reservoir facts. Reservoir facts (coordinates, capacity, type, purpose, construction date and downstream gauge) from the UK Reservoir Inventory. Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Durant & Counsell, 2018, Open Government Licence v3.0).