Llanishen Reservoir
Llanishen Reservoir is a Victorian reservoir in north Cardiff, Wales. The reservoir is one of the reservoirs constructed as part of the Taff Fawr scheme for supplying water to Cardiff and was completed in 1886.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Matt Lewis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lisvane and Thornhill railway station and Ty Glas railway station.
Lisvane and Thornhill railway station
Railway station
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Lisvane and Thornhill railway station is a railway station serving the Lisvane and Thornhill areas of north Cardiff, Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
Ty Glas railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ty Glas railway station is a railway station serving business and industrial sites in Llanishen and Heath, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 3.7 miles north of Cardiff Central.
Birchgrove railway station
Railway station
Photo: Steve Chapple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchgrove railway station is a railway station serving Birchgrove, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 3.75 miles north of Cardiff Central, with the station situated beneath the A469.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caerphilly and Tremorfa.
Caerphilly
Photo: Marco Usan, CC BY 3.0.
Caerphilly is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley and separated from the Cardiff suburbs of Lisvane and Rhiwbina by Caerphilly Mountain.
Tremorfa
Suburb
Tremorfa is a district and community of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It falls into the Splott ward of Cardiff.
Whitchurch
Suburb
Photo: Welshleprechaun, Public domain.
Whitchurch is a suburb and community in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is approximately 3 miles north of the centre of the city on the A470 road and A4054 road.
Llanishen Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Cardiff, Wales, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5291° or 51° 31′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.173° or 3° 10′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C3RGRHG+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 10509853OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q6661626
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Llanishen Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Llanishen Reservoir”
- Welsh: “Cronfa ddŵr Llanishen”
- Welsh: “Cronfa Ddŵr Llanisien”
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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 “Llanishen Reservoir”. Photo: Matt Lewis, CC BY-SA 3.0.