Saddington Reservoir is a canal reservoir[2] and 19.1 hectares (47 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Saddington in Leicestershire.[1][3] The reservoir was built between 1793 and 1797 to supply water to the Grand Union canal.[2]

Saddington Reservoir

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Leicestershire
Grid reference	SP 663 910[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	19.1 hectares (47 acres)[1]
Notification	1999[1]
Location map	Magic Map

The reservoir has a range of wetland habitats, such as open water, wet willow woodland and swamp. There are a number of nationally scarce beetles, such as Carabus monilis, Atheta basicornis, Eledona agricola and Gyrophaena lucidula.[4]

There is public access to the site.

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