Broad Water
Broad Water, or Broadwater is a salt water lagoon near Tywyn, Wales formed from the silted up estuary of the River Dysynni. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the estuary was used by the shipbuilding industry, as small sailing ships were launched to carry peat from the local peat bogs.
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights: Tonfanau railway station and Tywyn railway station.
Tonfanau railway station
Railway station
Tywyn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhoslefain and Bryncrug.
Bryncrug
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Broad Water
- Type: Bay
- Description: lagoon near Tywyn, north Wales
- Categories: lake, swamp, and body of water
- Location: Tywyn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.60382° or 52° 36′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.09972° or 4° 5′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C4QJW32+G4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Broad Water” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Broad Water (kalapukan)”
- Cebuano: “Broad Water”
- French: “Broad Water”
- Swedish: “Broad Water (träsk)”
- Swedish: “Broad Water”
- Welsh: “Aber Dysynni”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Morfa Camp and Rhydyronnen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bryn and Bryn Tonfanau.
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