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Lake Vyrnwy

Lake Vyrnwy is a in , Wales, built in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply with fresh water. It flooded the head of the valley and submerged the village of .
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: reservoir in Wales which supplies water to Liverpool
  • Also known as: “Llyn Llanwddyn / Lake Vyrnwy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Wddyn’s Church and Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower.

Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Building
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Straining Tower at Lake Vyrnwy is an intake tower built to extract water from the lake. The tower stands on the north shore of Lake Vyrnwy, near the village of , in , Wales.

Memorial
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abertridwr and Llangynog.

Village
Photo: Bonelli, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the historic county of in the north of and close to Lake Vyrnwy in the community of . It lies at the confluence of Nant Tridwr with the Vyrnwy river about 1 mile from the latter's exit from the lake.

Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and community at the confluence of the Afon Eirth and the Afon Tanat at the foot of the Berwyn range in north , . It lies at the foot of the Milltir Cerrig mountain pass on the B4391 road, which runs between and . is situated 4½ miles northeast of Lake Vyrnwy.

Lake Vyrnwy

Latitude
52.78262° or 52° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
-3.49639° or 3° 29′ 47″ west
Elevation
1,512 feet (461 metres)
Open location code
9C4RQGM3+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 158936140
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
2634932
Wiki­data ID
Q2248798
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Vyrnwy from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Lake Vyrnwy” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Llyn Llanwddyn”
  • Breton: “Lenn Efyrnwy”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Vyrnwy”
  • Czech: “Lake Vyrnwy”
  • Dutch: “Lake Vyrnwy”
  • German: “Vyrnwy-Stausee”
  • Inari Sami: “Vyrnwyjävri”
  • Italian: “lago Vyrnwy”
  • Italian: “Lago Vyrnwy”
  • Japanese: “ヴェルヌイ湖”
  • Japanese: “エヴルンウィ湖”
  • Livvi: “Llyn Llanwddyn”
  • Northern Sami: “Vyrnwyjávri”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake Vyrnwy”
  • Russian: “Вирнуи”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Llanwddyn”
  • Skolt Sami: “Vyrnwyjäuʹrr”
  • Swedish: “Lake Vyrnwy”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Efyrnwy”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Fyrnwy”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Llanwddyn”

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Vyrnwy”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.