Daer Reservoir | |
Location: | South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.353°N -3.617°W |
Type: | reservoir |
Pushpin Map: | Scotland |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Daer Reservoir in Scotland. |
right|thumb|Daer Reservoir and dam|alt=Daer Reservoir and dam with a blue footbridge extending out into the water and mown grass banks surrounding and a stone wall leading up to the damDaer Reservoir is a man-made waterbody created by the damming of the Daer Water, a tributary of the River Clyde in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies within the Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire. It is accessible by a minor public road leaving the A702 follows the Daer Water south to the dam and then continues along the western margin of the reservoir as far as Kirkhope.[1] The reservoir was officially opened by Elizabeth II in 1956 to supply water to the Scottish Central Belt.[2]
Season tickets for fishing in the reservoir for brown trout are available from Kilbryde Angling Club.[3] The Southern Upland Way passes just to the north of the dam and affords views over the reservoir for the walker.[4]