page_title: Litton Reservoirs
hierarchical_section_title: Litton Reservoirs
caption_attribution_description: English: Lower pond at Litton resovoir. Taken by Rod Ward 4th March 2006
context_page_description: Litton Reservoirs are two reservoirs near the village of Litton, Somerset, England. They are operated by Bristol Water.
  They lie on the boundary between Bath and North East Somerset and Mendip districts.
  The individual lakes are called Lower Litton and Upper Litton. The former is 8 acres in size, the latter 16 acres and much deeper. They were built around 1850 by the Bristol Waterworks Company in conjunction with the "Line of Works" to bring water from the Mendip Hills to Bristol.
  A public footpath goes around the lakes and across the dam. The banks are home to a variety of flowers including; Primroses, Common Bluebell, Wood anemone, Violets and Campion.
  Several species of birds are frequent visitors including; Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Swan and Tufted duck.
  Fishing is generally for rainbow and brown trout. Fish breeding takes place in the netted area immediately below the upper dam is the site for fish breeding.
context_section_description: Litton Reservoirs (also known as Coley Reservoirs) (grid reference ST590553) are two reservoirs near the village of Litton, Somerset, England. They are operated by Bristol Water.
  They lie on the boundary between Bath and North East Somerset and Mendip districts.
  The individual lakes are called Lower Litton and Upper Litton. The former is 8 acres (32,000 m²) in size, the latter 16 acres (65,000 m²) and much deeper. They were built around 1850 by the Bristol Waterworks Company in conjunction with the "Line of Works" to bring water from the Mendip Hills to Bristol.
  A public footpath goes around the lakes and across the dam. The banks are home to a variety of flowers including; Primroses (Primula vulgaris), Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta, sometimes Endymion non-scriptus or Scilla non-scripta), Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), Violets and Campion.
  Several species of birds are frequent visitors including; Moorhen (Gallinula), Coot (Fulica), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Swan and Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula).
  Fishing (under permit) is generally for rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and brown trout (Salmo trutta). Fish breeding takes place in the netted area immediately below the upper dam is the site for fish breeding.
caption: Lower Reservoir
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