Talybont Reservoir Nature Reserve
Talybont Reservoir Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, Wales. Talybont Reservoir Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the locality Coed Cae Darw Rheu, as well as near Coed Cae Alice.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
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.
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 Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8611° or 51° 51′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.313° or 3° 18′ 47″ westInception
1975Open location code
9C3RVM6P+CROpenStreetMap ID
way 1426725119OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
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