Camddwr
The Camddwr is a significant right-bank tributary of the River Towy in the eastern part of Ceredigion, mid Wales. It rises on the undulating plateau east of Garn Gron and flows in a generally south-southeasterly direction into Llyn Brianne, a reservoir formed by the damming of the upper Towy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Wales
- Also known as: “River Camddwr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Brianne and Pen y Gurnos.
Llyn Brianne
Reservoir
Photo: Timo Newton-Syms, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Brianne is a man-made reservoir in the headwaters of the River Towy in Wales.
Soar y mynydd
Church
Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0.
Soar-y-mynydd or Soar y mynydd is a Calvinist Methodist chapel near the eastern extremity of the large parish of Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion. It is claimed to be the remotest chapel in Wales. Soar y mynydd is situated 2 miles north of Camddwr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhandirmwyn and Abergwesyn.
Rhandirmwyn
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhandirmwyn is a small village in the north east of Carmarthenshire, Wales. Located in the upper Towy valley, 3 km north of Cilycwm village, it extends on both sides of the river. Rhandirmwyn is situated 4 miles south of Camddwr.
Abergwesyn
Village
Photo: Roger Whittleston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abergwesyn is a village in the Welsh county of Powys, in mid-Wales, at the start of the Abergwesyn valley and at the confluence of the Afon Irfon and the Afon Gwesyn. Abergwesyn is situated 4 miles northeast of Camddwr.
Llanwrtyd Wells
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanwrtyd Wells is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire on the Afon Irfon. The town is on the A483 between Llandovery and Builth Wells and is located near the pass between the Tywi and Irfon valleys.
Camddwr
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Camddwr” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Camddwr”
- Swedish: “Camddwr”
- Welsh: “Camddwr”
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