Coate Water
Coate Water
Coate Water is a former reservoir that was created to provide water for the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal.
The reservoir, which is now a 70 acre lake, was built in 1822 by diverting the River Cole.
Created: 6 August 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Coate Water Details
Coate Water is a small freshwater lake in Wiltshire, situated at an altitude of around 113 meters and is very shallow.
The shoreline of Coate Water is approximately 4.393 Kilometers all the way round.
- Altitude: 113 m
- Shoreline: 4.393 Km
- Depth: very shallow
Coate Water
Local History around Coate Water
There are some historic monuments around including:
Field system and earthwork enclosure on Burderop DownThree bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury CastleBarrow 350yds (320m) E of Smeathe's Plantation, Ogbourne DownEarthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury CastleTwo enclosures on Winterbourne DownWhitefield Hill ditchCross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist and St HelenRemains of Holy Rood Church, The Lawn, Old TownBell barrow 350m south-west of Barbury BarnSaucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury CastleLiddington CastleBowl barrow 85m north east of Day House CottagesPreshute Down field systemStone circle immediately north east of Day House, CoateDisc barrow on Burderop Down, 1km north-east of Upper Herdswick FarmBarbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrowBanjo enclosure 480m south west of CheldeneBarrow on Smeathe's RidgeBowl barrow 300m south-east of Walker's PlantationMedieval settlement remains at OvertownLinear boundary earthwork west of Liddington CastleBowl barrow 1450m south of Barbury Castle FarmSharpridge earthworksSite of Roman town, W of Wanborough HouseBowl barrow 1km west of Sheppard's Farm DairyBowl barrow 880m north east of Lower Upham FarmBowl barrow 800m south-east of Barbury BarnSharpridge field systemHall PlaceBarrow on Coombe Down, 930yds (830m) WSW of St George's ChurchBowl barrow 210m north east of Rushy Platt FarmTwo earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury CastleSite of watermill 290m south east of West LeazeChurch Hill earthworkRoman rural sanctuary on Groundwell Ridge, east of Lady LaneTwo bowl barrows 680m north of Upper Herdswick Farm, Barbury DownBowl barrow 750m south-east of Barbury Castle FarmBarbury Castle Farm deserted Medieval villageRound barrow 750yds (690m) SE of Smeathe's PlantationMedieval settlement and associated ridge and furrow, West Leaze.Where to Eat in coate-water
Wildlife in and around Coate Water
Coate Water Birds
There are 88 species of birds recorded as found near Coate Water.
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) |
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