This is a list of reservoirs in the county of Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

 in England

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 with a capacity of more than 25,000m³, based on data from the public register of reservoirs. There are 33 reservoirs above this capacity in Staffordshire, these include two water supply reservoirs, seven canal feeder reservoirs and 24 amenity or ornamental lakes. This list does not include flood storage reservoirs, service reservoirs or ash lagoons.

Rank	Name	Location	Owner	Use	Capacity (m³)
1	Blithfield Blithfield Reservoir Blithfield Reservoir is a large drinking water reservoir in South Staffordshire, England, owned by South Staffordshire Water.Some 800 acres of reservoir was formed on land sold by Baron Bagot to the South Staffordshire Water Company in the 1940s. Blithfield Reservoir was opened by H.M...	Blithfield Blithfield Blithfield is a civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It includes the settlements of Admaston, Newton, along with Blithfield Hall, home of the Bagot family since 1360. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 225. Blithfield Reservoir takes up much of...	South Staffordshire Water South Staffordshire Water South Staffordshire Water PLC known as South Staffs Water, is a privately owned water company supplying water to parts of Staffordshire and the West Midlands, England....	Water Supply	18,172,000
2	Tittesworth Tittesworth reservoir Tittesworth Reservoir is a water storage reservoir near Leek, Staffordshire, England, fed by the River Churnet.The reservoir and associated water treatment works are owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. A visitor centre contains a restaurant and small shop...	Leek Leek, Staffordshire Leek is a market town in the county of Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet. It is an ancient borough and was granted its royal charter in 1214.It is the administrative centre for the Staffordshire Moorlands District Council...	Severn Trent Severn Trent Severn Trent plc is a British public utility. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.Severn Trent is a group of companies employing more than 15,000 people across the UK, US and mainland Europe, with some involvement in the Middle East.The main...	Water Supply	6,440,000
3	Chasewater Chasewater Chasewater is a 3-square-kilometre reservoir in the parish of Burntwood, in the district of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Originally known as Norton Pool, it was created as a canal feeder reservoir in the 18th Century and remains the largest in use in the region today.-History:Work on...	Burntwood Burntwood Burntwood is a town in Staffordshire, England, lying in the Cannock Chase area approximately west of Lichfield. The town had a population of 25,674 at the time of the 2001 census and forms part of Lichfield district. The town forms one of the largest urbanised parishes in England. Samuel Johnson...	Staffordshire County Council	Canal Feeder	3,691,400
4	Rudyard Lake Rudyard Lake Rudyard Lake is a reservoir in Rudyard, Staffordshire constructed by the engineer John Rennie, for the Trent and Mersey Canal company in 1797/98 to feed the Caldon Canal....	Rudyard	British Waterways British Waterways British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...	Canal Feeder	2,950,000
5	Belvide Reservoir Belvide Reservoir Belvide Reservoir is a reservoir in South Staffordshire, England. Owned by British Waterways, it was constructed c. 1833 to feed the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, which is now the Shropshire Union Canal...	Brewood Brewood Brewood refers both to a settlement, which was once a town but is now a village, in South Staffordshire, England, and to the civil parish of which it is the centre. Located around , Brewood village lies near the River Penk, eight miles north of Wolverhampton city centre and eleven miles south of...	British Waterways British Waterways British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...	Canal Feeder	2,196,000
6	Knypersley Lake	Biddulph Biddulph Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire, England, north of Stoke-on-Trent and south east of Congleton, Cheshire.-Origin of the name:Biddulph's name may come from Anglo-Saxon bī dylfe = "beside the pit or quarry"...	British Waterways British Waterways British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...	Canal Feeder	930,000
7	Gailey Lower Reservoir Gailey Reservoir Gailey Reservoir is a pair of canal feeder reservoirs in South Staffordshire, separated by a dam, and owned by British Waterways. Gailey Upper Reservoir is to the east; Gailey Lower Reservoir to the west....	Cannock Cannock Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....	British Waterways British Waterways British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...	Canal Feeder	778,000
8	Patshull Great Pool Patshull Hall Patshull Hall is a substantial Georgian mansion house situated near Pattingham in Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and by repute is one of the largest listed buildings in the county.-History:...	Pattingham Pattingham Pattingham is a village in South Staffordshire, close to the border with Shropshire. The village is seven miles to the west of Wolverhampton and seven and a half miles east of Bridgnorth....	Private	Amenity	700,000
9	Stanley Pool	Bagnall Bagnall, Staffordshire Bagnall is a village and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England, just to the north-east of the Stoke-on-Trent urban area...	British Waterways British Waterways British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...	Amenity	610,980
10	Chillington Pool Chillington Hall Chillington Hall is a Georgian country house near to Brewood, Staffordshire, four miles northwest of Wolverhampton, England. It is the residence of the Giffard family. The Grade I listed house was designed by Francis Smith in 1724 and John Soane in 1785...	Codsall Codsall Codsall is a large village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is situated north west of the city of Wolverhampton.-History:...	Private	Ornamental Lake	450,000
11	Gailey Upper Reservoir Gailey Reservoir Gailey Reservoir is a pair of canal feeder reservoirs in South Staffordshire, separated by a dam, and owned by British Waterways. Gailey Upper Reservoir is to the east; Gailey Lower Reservoir to the west....	Cannock Cannock Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....	British Waterways British Waterways British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...	Canal Feeder	355,000
12	Trentham Gardens Lake Trentham Gardens Trentham Gardens are formal Italianate gardens, and an English landscape park in Trentham, Staffordshire on the southern fringes of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The former house on the site, Trentham Hall, became one of many to be demolished in the 20th century when in 1912, its owner the...	Trentham Trentham, Staffordshire Trentham is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, located to the south-west of the city centre and to the south of the neighbouring town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Although the majority of Trentham is within the city limits, it is mostly separated from the main urban area by surrounding open space and the...	Private	Ornamental Lake	220,000
13	Stowe Pool Stowe Pool Stowe Pool is a reservoir located in the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire.The reservoir was built in 1856 by the South Staffordshire Waterworks Co. in order to supply clean water to the Black Country. Before 1856, Stowe Pool existed as a mill pond, with Stowe mill located just to the west of St...	Lichfield Lichfield Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...	Lichfield District Council Lichfield District Council Lichfield District Council is a non metropolitan district council, which covers the district of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. It was formed in 1974 from Lichfield City Council and Lichfield Rural District Council...	Amenity	217,600
14	Calf Heath Reservoir	Cannock Cannock Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....	British Waterways British Waterways British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...	Canal Feeder	166,000
15	Brookleys Lake	Alton Alton, Staffordshire Alton is a village in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, built around the site of Alton Mansion , which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury and designed by Augustus Pugin....	Private	Amenity	150,000
16	Patshull Church Pool Patshull Hall Patshull Hall is a substantial Georgian mansion house situated near Pattingham in Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and by repute is one of the largest listed buildings in the county.-History:...	Pattingham Pattingham Pattingham is a village in South Staffordshire, close to the border with Shropshire. The village is seven miles to the west of Wolverhampton and seven and a half miles east of Bridgnorth....	Private	Amenity	122,000
17	Rugeley Amenity Lake	Rugeley Rugeley Rugeley is a historic market town in the county of Staffordshire, England. It lies on the northern edge of Cannock Chase, and is situated roughly midway between the towns of Stafford, Cannock, Lichfield and Uttoxeter...	Rugeley Power Station Ltd	Amenity	121,000
18	Himley Great Pool	Himley Himley Himley is a village located in Staffordshire, England. It is most notable for being the location of Himley Hall and the location of the death or capture of a group of conspirators following the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.- The area :...	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Metropolitan Borough of Dudley The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...	Amenity	96,400
19	Bathpool Park Lake	Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944...	Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council	Amenity	95,550
20	Black Lake	Hanchurch	Private	Amenity	95,000
21	Gap Pool	Ranton	Private	Amenity	95,000
22	Holly Bush Lake	Burton upon Trent Burton upon Trent Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. Its associated adjective is "Burtonian"....	Private	Amenity	85,000
23	Mill Green Lake	Cannock Cannock Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....	Private	Amenity	76,000
24	Canwell Estate Reservoir	Canwell	Private	Ornamental Lake	70,000
25	Swinfen Lake Swinfen Hall Swinfen Hall is an 18th century country mansion house, now converted into an hotel, situated at Swinfen, in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire in England...	Swinfen Swinfen Swinfen is a small community about two miles south of Lichfield in the civil parish of Swinfen and Packington, Staffordshire.Swinfen is referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086 when the Manor was held by the Bishop of Lichfield....	Private	Amenity	68,800
26	Betley Hall Pool	Betley Betley Betley is a village and civil parish in the Newcastle district of Staffordshire, England, about halfway between Newcastle-under-Lyme and Nantwich. Betley forms a continual linear settlement with Wrinehill.-Transport:...	Private	Ornamental Lake	64,467
27	Springslade Pool	Penkridge Penkridge Penkridge is a market town and ancient parish in Staffordshire, England with a population of 7,836 . Many locals refer to it as a village, although it has a long history as an ecclesiastical and commercial centre. Its main distinction in the Middle Ages was as the site of an important collegiate...	Private	Amenity	62,375
28	Bromley Pool	Loggerheads Loggerheads, Staffordshire Loggerheads is a small village in north Staffordshire, England, on the A53 between Market Drayton and Newcastle-under-Lyme.-History:Loggerheads was home to the Cheshire Joint Sanatorium which is a tuberculosis sanitorium. It stood in Burntwood woodland. It was opened in 1923 and the last two...	Private	Amenity	45,000
29	Tixall Park Pool	Tixall Tixall Tixall is a small village and former civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire lying on the western side of the Trent valley between Rugeley and Stone, Staffordshire and roughly 4 miles east of Stafford...	Private	Amenity	37,600
30	Hales Hall Pool	Cheadle Cheadle, Staffordshire Cheadle is a small market town near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, with a population of 12,158 according to the 2001 census. It is roughly from the city of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Birmingham and south of Manchester...	Private	Ornamental Lake	34,173
31	Minster Pool Minster Pool Minster Pool is a reservoir located between Bird Street and Dam Street in the heart of the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom. The pool lies directly south of Lichfield Cathedral and historically has been important to the defence of the Cathedral Close...	Lichfield Lichfield Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...	Lichfield District Council Lichfield District Council Lichfield District Council is a non metropolitan district council, which covers the district of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. It was formed in 1974 from Lichfield City Council and Lichfield Rural District Council...	Ornamental Lake	28,000
32	Lodgerail Pool	Penkridge Penkridge Penkridge is a market town and ancient parish in Staffordshire, England with a population of 7,836 . Many locals refer to it as a village, although it has a long history as an ecclesiastical and commercial centre. Its main distinction in the Middle Ages was as the site of an important collegiate...	Private	Amenity	27,500
33	Dimmingsdale Pool	Lower Penn Lower Penn Lower Penn is a village in South Staffordshire, situated to the south-west of Wolverhampton, West Midlands.The Civil Parish covers the area of the historic Parish of Penn that is not now covered by the city of Wolverhampton and thus covers a wider area than that immediately surrounding the village...	British Waterways British Waterways British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...	Canal Feeder	27,110