The Kielder Reservoir was built in the late 1970's and early 1980's to help to maintain an adequate water supply to the North East. The dam wall was constructed just above the village of Falstone in the North Tyne valley, and the head of the dam lies below the village of Kielder itself, hence its name.
The Kielder project is one of the largest artificially created lakes in Europe, which is situated in one of the largest artificially created forests in Europe - the 101,000 hectare Kielder forest, which is 250,000 acre.
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