Backwater Reservoir

#2036 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Backwater Reservoir is a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland. The reservoir's sole purpose is to provide drinking water, and as such, it supplies Angus, Dundee, and parts of Perth and Kinross. Backwater, together with the smaller Lintrathen Reservoir 4 kilometres to the south, is capable of supplying some 300,000 people with drinking water. ()

Elevation: 974 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 56°43'44"N, 3°13'13"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Backwater Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Reekie Linn, Balintore Castle, Forter Castle, Balfour Castle.

4.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Reekie Linn, Alyth
105 min walk • Reekie Linn is a waterfall on the River Isla in Angus in Scotland. Located short 5 minute walk from the public car park north side of bridge of craigisla. Continue past fall to the turn to get a portrait view of the falls.
2.4 miE
Forts and castles
Balintore Castle
61 min walk • Balintore Castle is a Victorian Category A listed building in Scotland. The castle occupies an elevated site in moorland above Balintore village, a few miles north of the Loch of Lintrathen, near Kirriemuir, Angus.
5.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Forter Castle
133 min walk • Forter Castle is located in Glenisla, Perthshire, Scotland. It was built in 1560 by James Ogilvy, the 5th Lord of Airlie. In 1640, it was burned by Archibald Campbell, the 8th Earl of Argyll, but it was rebuilt in the early 1990s.
6.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Balfour Castle
160 min walk • Balfour Castle was a baronial mansion at Balfour Mains, near Kirkton of Kingoldrum, Angus, Scotland. The castle which was built in the 16th century is largely demolished except for a six-storey circular tower.
5.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Airlie Castle
143 min walk • Airlie Castle is a mansion house in the parish of Airlie, Angus, near the junction of the Isla and Melgund rivers, 9 kilometres west of Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. A castle was built on the site in c. 1432 and was burnt out in 1640, with a mansion house built incorporating and...

Backwater Reservoir

Facts and practical information

Backwater Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Reekie Linn, Alyth

Balintore Castle

Forter Castle

Balfour Castle

Airlie Castle