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Banbury Reservoir

13 m43 ft
Area
0.37 km²
Tonight
7°CClear · Wind 23 km/h W

Banbury Reservoir is a lake at 13 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 0.37 km² in area and 0.8 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
13 m
Length
0.8 km
Shoreline
2.3 km
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Lake

Banbury Reservoir in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.8 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.3 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Banbury Reservoir 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Banbury Reservoir terrain and contours

2 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Banbury Reservoir elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Banbury Reservoir weather

Tonight · Clear · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 23 km/h W

Banbury Reservoir forecast for about 13 m.

  • Tonight7°–23 km/h W
  • Today7°13°18.7 mm33 km/h W
  • Sun8°13°–37 km/h W
  • Mon9°16°5.3 mm26 km/h S
  • Tue10°15°2.1 mm24 km/h SW
  • Wed9°14°–14 km/h SW
  • Thu8°13°0.1 mm6 km/h SE
  • Fri8°13°2.7 mm9 km/h E
  • Sat8°10°15.1 mm15 km/h NW
  • Sun5°11°0.1 mm20 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Banbury Reservoir

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Banbury Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.4 km E

    +2 more within 0.6 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    0.8 km ESE

    +2 more within 4.8 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Lee Valley Campsite, Sewardstone

    5.9 km NNE · +2 more within 6.5 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km E
Parking0.6 km SSE
Parking0.6 km SE
Caravan site0.8 km ESE
Lea Valley Camping and Caravan ParkCaravan site3.1 km N
Caravan site4.8 km ENE
Lee Valley Campsite, SewardstoneCampsite5.9 km NNE
The Chefs WalkCampsite6.5 km W
Training FieldCampsite6.5 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.1%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
54 m low point 4 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 58.6%Trees 20.2%Grassland 14.4%Water 6.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 807 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Jersey Tiger34
  • Asian Lady Beetle32
  • Cross Orbweaver31
  • Common yarrow30
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle27
  • Great Crested Grebe25
Where it sits

Where Banbury Reservoir sits

Region
England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Banbury Reservoir downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-29)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia