Talybont Reservoir
Talybont Reservoir is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at 318 acres. Talybont-on-Usk is 1.5 miles downstream of the dam. Construction of the current dam started in 1931 by Newport Corporation, and in 1939 the reservoir started supplying Newport with treated water.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Keith Lawson 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in the United Kingdom
Places of Interest
Highlights include Allt Lwyd and Tor y Foel.
Allt Lwyd
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allt Lwyd is a top of Waun Rydd in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales. The summit is heathery and marked by a small pile of stones.
Tor y Foel
Peak
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tor y Foel is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Powys in Wales. It is located on the eastern flank of Talybont Reservoir, and the summit at 551m is marked by a small cairn.
Waun Rydd
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Waun Rydd is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales. Its height is 769 m and it tops a large boggy plateau rising to the east of Pen y Fan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aber and Llangynidr.
Aber
Hamlet
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aber, also known as Aber Village or the Welsh name Aberclydach, is a hamlet within the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is centred on the confluence between the Clydach brook meets the Caerfanell river, and on a minor road which runs south from Talybont-on-Usk.
Llangynidr
Village
Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangynidr is a village, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales, about 4 miles west of Crickhowell and 9 miles south-east of Brecon. The River Usk flows through the village as does the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.
Bwlch
Village
Photo: Malcra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bwlch is a village and an electoral ward in the community of Cwmdu and District, Powys, south Wales. The settlement is strung out along the A40 road which crosses a low col above the Usk Valley at this point on its route between Brecon and Crickhowell.
Talybont Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.86249° or 51° 51′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.31102° or 3° 18′ 40″ westElevation
620 feet (189 metres)Inception
1931Operator
Dŵr Cymru Welsh WaterOpen location code
9C3RVM6Q+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 4675033OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
12217660Wikidata ID
Q7350898
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Talybont Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Talybont Reservoir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Talybont-reservoaret”
- Welsh: “Cronfa Ddŵr Tal-y-bont”
- Welsh: “Cronfa ddŵr Talybont”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coed Cae Darw Rheu and Coed Cae Alice.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Talybont Reservoir Nature Reserve and Penteriw.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Talybont Reservoir”. Photo: Keith Lawson 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.