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.

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″ north

Longitude

-3.31102° or 3° 18′ 40″ west

Elevation

620 feet (189 metres)

Inception

1931

Operator

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

Open location code

9C3RVM6Q+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4675033

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

12217660

Wikidata ID

Q7350898

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Satellite Map

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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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