Llyn Idwal
Llyn Idwal is a small lake that lies within Cwm Idwal in the Glyderau mountains of Snowdonia. It is named after Prince Idwal Foel, a grandson of Rhodri Mawr, one of the ancient Kings of Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Bochlwyd and Ogwen Falls.
Llyn Bochlwyd
Lake
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Llyn Bochlwyd is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales, in Conwy County Borough. It lies in Cwm Bochlwyd, near Llyn Ogwen in the Glyderau mountain range.
Glyder Fawr
Peak
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Glyder Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, Wales, the highest peak in the Glyderau range at just over 1,000 metres. It is the fifth-highest mountain in Wales and has several walking and scrambling routes leading to its summit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwm Idwal and Nant Peris.
Cwm Idwal
Locality
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Cwm Idwal is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude, aspect and terrain.
Nant Peris
Village
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Nant Peris is a village, which is situated 2½ miles west of Llyn Idwal.
Dinorwig
Village
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Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli. Dinorwig is situated 4 miles west of Llyn Idwal.
Llyn Idwal
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Cwm Idwal, Conwy County Borough, Wales
- Category: body of water
- Location: Llandygai, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Llyn Idwal” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Llyn Idwal”
- Arabic: “Llyn Idwal”
- Breton: “Llyn Idwal”
- Cebuano: “Llyn Idwal”
- Chinese: “Llyn Idwal”
- Dutch: “Llyn Idwal”
- French: “Llyn Idwal”
- German: “Llyn Idwal”
- Hebrew: “Llyn Idwal”
- Irish: “Llyn Idwal”
- Japanese: “イドワル湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llyn Idwal”
- Polish: “Llyn Idwal”
- Spanish: “Llyn Idwal”
- Swedish: “Llyn Idwal”
- Twi: “Llyn Idwal”
- Welsh: “Llyn Idwal”
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