Severn Trent Tittesworth Water

Find us Access Tittesworth Water Tittesworth Water is located a short distance A lot of our site is On the edge of the Peak District from Leek just off the A53 accessible. Please check Leek to Buxton Road. the website for a full National Park, this wildlife-rich accessibility guide. habitat links local agricultural Tittesworth Water Meerbrook, Leek, Dogs Staffordshire ST13 8SW landscape with wild moors. We want your dog to leave Severn Trent With plenty of space and a place Opening times as healthy and happy as Visitor Centre they arrived, so please Tittesworth Water to play, enjoy watersports, and Restaurant keep them on their lead. walking, wildlife watching, Apr – Sept: 10am – 6pm Activities Discover wonderful days out Feb, Mar & Oct: 10am – 5pm and more… Tittesworth Water at Tittesworth Water Nov – Jan: 10am – 4pm Sports and Activity It’s yours to explore! Car Park Centre offers something Open every day except for everyone who wants Christmas Day, for to get onto the water. opening times please tittesworthwater.co.uk visit the website. We have a great outdoor Car park charges apply – play area for children to please check website for explore and a restaurant the latest information. with amazing views over the water. To see the menu please visit visittittesworth.co.uk

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Photos © Daniel Wildey / Severn Trent Water. © Severn Trent Water 2020 / TWD1936. Please recycle stwater.co.uk/daysout Printed on FSC certified paper. after use. Discover Tittesworth Water Overlooked by the rocky ridge of The Roaches, 0 200m 400m Nature Reserve Tittesworth Water this is the perfect place to soak up the stunning Visitor Centre eerbrook scenery of the Peak District National Park. There are lots of Take one of the trails to experience flower public rights of way meadows, woodland and wetland wildlife at in the area to create your own longer its best. There’s something to suit all ages. Reservoir Trail walks. You can find lac ksh these on the OL24 a a Note: some steps and ne w Churnet Trail •••• Explorer OS map. steep gradients. May be Distance: 1km (0.5 miles) muddy in wet weather. An accessible, short loop r Chu Please stick to the paths ve rn Ri e along the edge of the river, to avoid trampling t suitable for the whole delicate plants. family. Catch a flash of No BBQs. bright blue as a kingfisher Reservoir Trail •••• Churnet Trail darts past. Note: wide path Watersports Centre Ranger Office Distance: 7.5km (4.5 miles) No swimming with one slight gradient. or unauthorised Take a longer loop around access to the Fosters Trail Fosters Trail •••• the reservoir and across water. the dam to drink in H Distance: 2.75km (2 miles) fantastic views of the open No cycling. T An accessible, short loop R water and The Roaches O for the whole family with R beyond. Keep your eyes on W E fantastic views of the S the sky to spot swooping T reservoir. Listen in the E swallows, swifts and Key A woodland for the sound of T martins. Pop into one of T W woodpeckers drumming. Car park I the hides to see wading T Crabapple Trail Stop at the play area birds at the water’s edge Toilets for little ones to let off or a heron standing tall, extra steam. Note: some Accessible toilets North and listen for the curlew’s Hillswood boardwalk and slight haunting call. Note: some Baby change gradients. steps and steep gradients, Café/kiosk and a short stretch next Restaurant Crabapple Trail •••• to a public highway. Distance: 4.5km (2.75 miles) Shop

Wander through Fosters Most paths are surfaced and Play area Wood out on to the are multi-purpose – please Walking trails meadows to enjoy orchids share with care. Bird hide and other wildflowers Please keep dogs on leads for buzzing with bees and their own safety and to avoid Watersports butterflies in summer. disturbance to other visitors No dogs Loop through Crabapple and to sheep, ground nesting Wood before returning birds and other wildlife. Road South Dam Hillswood via the meadows. Ask at the visitor centre for Woodland children’s seasonal trails. Water Treatment Works