Kinewell Lake

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Northamptonshire, England}}

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| name = Kinewell Lake

| photo = Kinewell Lake 7.jpg

| photo_caption =

| type = Local Nature Reserve

| grid_ref_UK = SP 977 752

| location = Ringstead, Northamptonshire

| area = 35.4 hectares

| manager = Kinewell Lake Trust

}}

Kinewell Lake is a 35.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve west of Ringstead in Northamptonshire, England.{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=30&N=&ID=242|title= Kinewell Lake|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| date = 25 March 2013 |accessdate= 17 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271008979%27 |title=Map of Kinewell Lake|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 17 April 2017}} It is owned by Ringstead Parish Council and managed by Kinewell Lake Trust.{{cite web|url=http://www.ringsteadpc.org.uk/kinewell-lake.html|title=Kinewell Lake|publisher=Ringstead Parish Council|accessdate= 17 April 2017}} The site is part of the Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits Site of Special Scientific Interest,{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%272000494%27|title=Map of Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 20 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000494.pdf|title=Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=20 December 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001407/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000494.pdf|url-status=dead}} Ramsar wetland site of international importance,{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/UK11083.pdf|title= Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS): Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 19 December 2016}} and Special Protection Area under the European Communities Birds Directive.{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/SPA/UK9020296.pdf |title=Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 19 December 2016}}

The lake is a former gravel pit next to the River Nene. Birds include shovellers, great crested grebes and kingfishers. There are also otters, bats and long-horned beetles.

There is a one and a half mile footpath round the lake.

{{commonscat|Kinewell Lake}}