This water is also known locally as Howbrook Dam; the water is about 3½ acres in size and has plenty of bankside vegetation in the form of reeds and rushes. Fishing from any of the forty pegs is from either stone flags or solidly built wooden platforms. Access to the pegs is not the best, with some steep steps and as such not suited to the angler with Disabilities. Parking for the venue is road side on the A61 in a large lay-by, so if you wish to fish the far side pegs it can be a bit of walk if you are carrying heavy tackle.

The water has some good depths with the shallower end dropping to 5ft whilst the deeper water by the dam wall is over 20ft. The centre of the water also has some very deep water. In common with a lot of the reservoirs in this area, Howbrook has some big shoals of Bream with the better fish at a little over 4lb. A feeder with double maggot, or worm and maggot accounts for plenty of the Bream, but they can also be taken up in the water on waggler tactics.