Tor y Foel
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Talybont Reservoir and Allt Lwyd.
Talybont Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Keith Lawson 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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.
Buckland Hill
Peak
Buckland Hill is a low hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Powys in Wales. Sitting transversely across the Usk valley between the river and the village of Bwlch, it provides excellent panoramic views down the valley and across to the Black Mountains.
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.
Tor y Foel
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,808 feet
- Description: hill (551m) in Powys
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.86691° or 51° 52′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.28718° or 3° 17′ 14″ westElevation
1,808 feet (551 metres)Open location code
9C3RVP87+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1545868470OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Tor y Foel” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tor y Foel”
- Welsh: “Tor y Foel”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tor y Foel and Cae Bach.
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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 “Tor y Foel”. Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.