Water Tank
Water Tank is a ruins in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Water Tank is situated nearby to Dinorwic quarry, as well as near the house Bron Elidir including surrounding wall and steps to Dinorwic Slate Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dolbadarn Castle and Dinorwic quarry.
Dolbadarn Castle
Castle
Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales. Dolbadarn Castle is situated 3,000 feet west of Water Tank.
Dinorwic quarry
Quarry
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dinorwic quarry is a large former slate quarry, now home to the Welsh National Slate Museum, located between the villages of Llanberis and Dinorwig in Wales. Dinorwic quarry is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Water Tank.
National Slate Museum
Museum
Photo: Talsarnau Times, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry, within the Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd. National Slate Museum is situated 3,000 feet west of Water Tank.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dinorwig and Nant Peris.
Dinorwig
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli.
Deiniolen
Village
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deiniolen is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, at the foot of Elidir Fawr, in Llanddeiniolen Community. Deiniolen has views over Caernarfon and on a clear day, Holyhead Mountain and occasionally the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, can be seen. Deiniolen is situated 2 miles northwest of Water Tank.
Water Tank
- Type: Ruins
- Category: building
- Location: Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.11966° or 53° 7′ 11″ northLongitude
-4.10184° or 4° 6′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4V9X+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1020123036OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruins
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