Lake Vyrnwy
Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, built in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy valley and submerged the village of Llanwddyn.
- Reservoir
- …has a surface elevation of around 1,510 feet (460 metres)
- Description: reservoir in Wales which supplies water to Liverpool
Places of Interest
Discover St Wddyn’s Church and Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower.
Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower
The Straining Tower at Lake Vyrnwy is an intake tower built to extract water from the lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abertridwr and Llangynog.
Lake Vyrnwy
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
52.78262° or 52° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
-3.49639° or 3° 29′ 47″ west
Open location code
9C4RQGM3+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = reservoir
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lake Vyrnwy” goes by many names.
Llyn LlanwddynBasque
Lenn EfyrnwyBreton
Lake VyrnwyCebuano
Lake VyrnwyCzech
Lake VyrnwyDutch
VyrnwyjävriInari Sami
Lago VyrnwyItalian
ヴェルヌイ湖Japanese
エヴルンウィ湖Japanese
Llyn LlanwddynLivvi
VyrnwyjávriNorthern Sami
Lake VyrnwyNorwegian Nynorsk
ВирнуиRussian
LlanwddynScottish Gaelic
VyrnwyjäuʹrrSkolt Sami
Lake VyrnwySwedish
Llyn EfyrnwyWelsh
Llyn FyrnwyWelsh
Llyn LlanwddynWelsh
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