Foel Fawr
Foel Fawr is a peak in Pen-y-bont-Fawr, Powys, Wales and has an elevation of 1,522 feet. Foel Fawr is situated nearby to the hamlet Hirnant, as well as near Pennant Melangell.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Vyrnwy and St Melangell’s Church.
Lake Vyrnwy
Reservoir
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, built in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy valley and submerged the village of Llanwddyn.
St Melangell’s Church
Church
Photo: RHYS WILLIAMS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Melangell's Church is a Grade I listed medieval building of the Church in Wales located in the former village of Pennant Melangell, in the Tanat Valley, Powys, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llangynog and Abertridwr.
Llangynog
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llangynog is a village and community at the confluence of the Afon Eirth and the Afon Tanat at the foot of the Berwyn range in north Powys, Wales. It lies at the foot of the Milltir Cerrig mountain pass on the B4391 road, which runs between Llan Ffestiniog and Llanfyllin.
Abertridwr
Village
Photo: Bonelli, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abertridwr is a small village in the historic county of Montgomeryshire in the north of Powys and close to Lake Vyrnwy in the community of Llanwddyn. It lies at the confluence of Nant Tridwr with the Vyrnwy river about 1 mile from the latter's exit from the lake.
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr is a small village and community in the Tanat valley in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales.
Foel Fawr
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,522 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Pen-y-bont-Fawr, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.7945° or 52° 47′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.4402° or 3° 26′ 25″ westElevation
1,522 feet (464 metres)Open location code
9C4RQHV5+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3504038268OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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