Cofton Reservoir is a canal feeder reservoir, south of the village of Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom. The reservoir is situated at the base of the Lickey Hills, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south west of Birmingham. It is the highest of four Worcester and Birmingham Canal reservoirs in the upper catchments of the River Arrow. It was originally built in 1815 as a compensation reservoir for watermills, which would have otherwise been affected by the construction of the canal. It was later used as a water supply for the canal, a function for which it still serves.
| Cofton Reservoir | |
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  Cofton Reservoir | |
| Location | Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire |
| Coordinates | 52°22′41″N 1°59′38″W / 52.378°N 1.994°W |
| Type | canal reservoir |
| Primary inflows | River Arrow |
| Primary outflows | via culvert to the Bittell Reservoirs then into the Worcester and Birmingham Canal |
| Catchment area | 1.4 square kilometres (350 acres) |
| Basin countries | England |
| Managing agency | Canal and River Trust |
| Built | 1815 |
| Max. length | 340 metres (1,120 ft) |
| Max. width | 90 metres (300 ft) |
| Surface area | 3.8 hectares (9.4 acres) |
| Average depth | 4 metres (13 ft) |
| Water volume | 115,410 cubic metres (25.39×106 imp gal; 93.56 acre⋅ft) |
| Shore length1 | 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 196 metres (643 ft) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
