Blackton Reservoir

Blackton Reservoir is a reservoir in County Durham, England. It is situated in Baldersdale, about west of Cotherstone, where the River Balder joins the River Tees.
It is owned by Northumbrian Water and supplies water for Teesdale. Blackton has a surface area of, an average depth of, a catchment area of and it lies at above sea level.
Blackton is one of a series of reservoirs on the same stretch of the Balder, located immediately downstream of the larger Balderhead Reservoir and being almost continuous with Hury Reservoir further downstream.