| Saddington Reservoir | |
| Aos: | Leicestershire |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 19.1ha |
| Notifydate: | 1999 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Saddington Reservoir is a canal reservoir[1] and 19.1ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Saddington in Leicestershire.[2] [3] The reservoir was built between 1793 and 1797 to supply water to the Grand Union canal.
The reservoir has a range of wetland habitats, such as open water, wet willow woodland and swamp. There are a number of nationally scarce beetles, such as Carabus monilis, Atheta basicornis, Eledona agricola and Gyrophaena lucidula.[4]
There is public access to the site.