Llyn Padarn

Llyn Padarn is a glacially formed lake in , , North , and is an example of a moraine dammed lake. The lake is approximately 2 miles long and at its deepest point is 94 feet deep, and is one of the largest natural lakes in Wales.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cei Llydan railway station and Dolbadarn Castle.

Railway station
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Cei Llydan is an intermediate railway station on the Llanberis Lake Railway, located in , , Wales. Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on part of the trackbed of the closed and lifted Padarn Railway.

Castle
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is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the , in northern .

Museum
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The is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused , within the Padarn Country Park, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanberis and Dinorwig.

Photo: Hefin Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, community and electoral division in , northwest , on the southern shore of Llyn Padarn and at the foot of , the highest mountain in Wales.

Village
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, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near , in . The name is shared with the fort of Dinas , also within the community of , on a foothill 6 kilometres from village and 3 kilometres from the and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of .

Village
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is a village in , Wales, at the foot of , in Community. has views over and on a clear day, and occasionally the in , can be seen.

Llyn Padarn

Latitude
53.1289° or 53° 7′ 44″ north
Longitude
-4.13283° or 4° 7′ 58″ west
Elevation
344 feet (105 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q4VH8+HV
Geo­Names ID
2640694
Wiki­data ID
Q3399871
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Satellite Map

Discover Llyn Padarn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Llyn Padarn” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Cebuano: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Chinese: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Dutch: “Llyn Padarn”
  • French: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Irish: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Japanese: “パダルン湖”
  • Lithuanian: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Lithuanian: “Padarno ežeras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Russian: “Падарн”
  • Scots: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Spanish: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Swedish: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Twi: “Llyn Padarn”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Padarn”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fachwen and Gallt - y - foel.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Y Glyn and Pen y Bigil.

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