Peart Water

Peart Water is a stream about 5 mi long in Somerset, England. It rises in the Quantock Hills and flows in a generally northeast direction. Fish are raised in the Hawkridge Reservoir, and further downstream the Peart Water powers two mills.

Course
Peart Water rises in the Quantock Hills Area of Natural Beauty in West Somerset. It forms on the Middle Hill in the Quantock Hills at an elevation of about 280 m. It flows in a generally northeast direction for about 2.2 mi to Hawkridge Reservoir, which was built in the early 1960s to supply water to the Borough of Bridgwater. The reservoir covers about 32 acre.

Peart Water flows onward from the dam in a northeast direction to Spaxton, where it enters the Ashford Reservoir. The distance between the two reservoirs is about 2 mi. The Ashford Reservoir has an elevation of almost 35 m. The Peart Water leaves the Ashford Reservoir, and about 5 mi from its source joins the Currypool stream and forms the Cannington Brook.

Uses
The Hawkridge Reservoir is stocked with trout. In August 1993 notice was published of an application by Wessex Water Services to discharge up to 4000 m3 of settled effluent daily into the Peart Water from a fish farm at Hawkridge Reservoir. The Currypool Mill, 70 m west of Ashford Reservoir, was fed by a leat from Peart Water. This used to power an overshot water wheel, which was replaced in 1934 by an Armfield vertical shafted 18" Francis turbine. The turnbine was still being used to power a saw bench in 1976. The stream powers the Twinhill Mill in Spaxton.