West Water Reservoir

#1479 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Lake

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West Water Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in the Pentland Hills, Scottish Borders, 3 kilometres west of West Linton, and 26 kilometres south west of Edinburgh. It is a drinking water reservoir for Edinburgh and the Lothians and is located 320 metres above sea level. It is an important site for wildfowl and is designated as a SSSI and a Ramsar site. ()

Elevation: 1040 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°45'25"N, 3°24'32"W

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West Water Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Little Sparta, Scald Law, Cairns Castle, Drochil Castle.

4.5 miSW
Park
Little Sparta
116 min walk • Little Sparta is a garden at Dunsyre in the Pentland Hills in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, created by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay and his wife Sue Finlay, since 1966. The 5-acre Arcadian garden includes concrete poetry in sculptural form, polemic, and philosophical aphorisms, together with sculptures and two temples.
7.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Scald Law
181 min walk • Scald Law is a hill in Midlothian, Scotland. At 579 metres it is the highest of the Pentland Hills. The hill is composed of Devonian volcanic rock.
5.3 miN
Forts and castles
Cairns Castle
135 min walk • Cairns Castle is a ruined keep, dating from the 15th century. It is located on the northern slope of the Pentland Hills, around 6.5 miles south west of Balerno, at the south west end of Harperrig Reservoir, in West Lothian, Scotland.
6.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Drochil Castle
158 min walk • Drochil Castle is a ruined castle in the Scottish Borders. It is located above the Lyne Water, 10 kilometres north-west of Peebles, and 8 kilometres south of West Linton.
0.7 miNW
Park
Pentland Hills
19 min walk • The Pentland Hills are a range of hills southwest of Edinburgh, Scotland. The range is around twenty miles in length, and runs southwest from Edinburgh towards Biggar and the upper Clydesdale.
5.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Harperrig Reservoir
141 min walk • Harperrig Reservoir is a reservoir in West Lothian, Scotland, to the north of the Pentland Hills, four miles south of Mid Calder. The Water of Leith flows through it, and nearby are Harlaw Reservoir and Threipmuir Reservoir.
2.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Baddinsgill Reservoir
57 min walk • Baddinsgill Reservoir is a small reservoir in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland close to Carlops, West Linton, and the boundary with Midlothian. It is close to Baddinsgill House.
3.2 miE
Village
West Linton
82 min walk • West Linton is a village and civil parish in southern Scotland, on the A702. It was formerly in the county of Peeblesshire, but since local government re-organisation in the mid-1990s it is now part of Scottish Borders.
6.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Brunstane Castle
163 min walk • Brunstane Castle is a ruined tower house, dating from the 16th century, around 2 miles south-west of Penicuik, on the north bank of the North Esk, in Midlothian, Scotland. It is not to be confused with Brunstane House, Edinburgh.