Llyn Arenig Fawr
Llyn Arenig Fawr is a lake and reservoir located to the northeast of Arenig Fawr, a mountain in North Wales. The reservoir's primary purpose is to supply water to the nearby town of Bala and the numerous small villages in the surrounding area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Body of water
- Description: reservoir in Wales
- Also known as: “Llyn Arenig” and “Llyn Arenig-Fawr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Celyn and Arenig Fawr.
Llyn Celyn
Reservoir
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
Llyn Celyn is a reservoir constructed between 1960 and 1965 including the highly controversial Tryweryn flooding in the valley of the River Tryweryn in Gwynedd, Wales. Llyn Celyn is situated 2 miles northeast of Llyn Arenig Fawr.
Arenig Fawr
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Arenig Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, close to Llyn Celyn reservoir, alongside the A4212 between Trawsfynydd and Bala.
Mynydd Nodol
Peak
Photo: Ken Bagnall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Nodol is a 539m high hill in Snowdonia National Park and lying within the community of Llanycil in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. It rises above the southern shores of the reservoir Llyn Celyn about 4 km northeast of its higher neighbour Arenig Fawr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llidiardau and Capel Celyn.
Llidiardau
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llidiardau is a small hamlet in Gwynedd, North Wales, approximately 4 miles northwest of Bala, on an unnamed road, 2.3 miles from Arenig Fawr and in the shadow of Mynydd Nodol. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 20. Llidiardau is situated 1½ miles east of Llyn Arenig Fawr.
Capel Celyn
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capel Celyn was a rural community to the northwest of Bala in Merionethshire, Wales, in the Tryweryn valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in the Tryweryn flooding of 1965 to create a reservoir, Llyn Celyn, in order to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water for industry. Capel Celyn is situated 2 miles north of Llyn Arenig Fawr.
Parc
Village
Photo: Rick Crowley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parc is a village, which is situated 3 miles southeast of Llyn Arenig Fawr.
Llyn Arenig Fawr
- Category: reservoir
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.92747° or 52° 55′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.71703° or 3° 43′ 1″ westElevation
1,437 feet (438 metres)Open location code
9C4RW7GM+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 4685054OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Llyn Arenig Fawr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- Cebuano: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- Cebuano: “Llyn Arenig-fawr”
- Dutch: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- Estonian: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- French: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- German: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- Polish: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- Spanish: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- Swedish: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- Swedish: “Llyn Arenig-fawr”
- Welsh: “Llyn Arenig Fawr”
- Welsh: “Llyn Arennig Fawr”
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