Big Waters

Big Waters
Big Waters
	Location in Tyne and Wear
Location	near Brunswick Village
OS grid	NZ 227 734
Coordinates	55°03′16″N 1°38′46″W / 55.05444°N 1.64611°W
Operated by	Northumberland Wildlife Trust; Newcastle City Council
Designation	Site of Special Scientific Interest

Big Waters is nature reserve in Tyne and Wear, England, a pond formed by former mine workings. It is the largest body of open water in the region, and is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The eastern part of the pond is a public recreation area, Big Waters Country Park, managed by Newcastle City Council. The western part is managed by Northumberland Wildlife Trust.^[1]^[2]

v t e Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear
City of Sunderland	Claxheugh Rock and Ford Limestone Quarry Dawson's Plantation Quarry Durham Coast Fulwell and Carley Hill Quarries Gilley Law Quarry Hastings Hill Herrington Hill Hetton Bogs High Haining Hill High Moorsley Humbledon Hill Quarry Hylton Castle Cutting Joe's Pond Moorsley Banks South Hylton Pasture Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting Wear River Bank
Gateshead	Gibside Lower Derwent Meadows Pockerley Farm Pond Ridley Gill Ryton Willows Shibdon Pond Strother Hills Thornley Wood
Newcastle upon Tyne	Big Waters Brenkley Meadows Gosforth Park Hallow Hill Prestwick Carr
North Tyneside	Northumberland Shore Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice
South Tyneside	Boldon Pastures Cleadon Hill Harton Down Hill West Farm Meadow, Boldon

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