Llyn Celyn Power Station

Llyn Celyn Power Station is a power station in Llanycil, Gwynedd, Wales. Llyn Celyn Power Station is situated nearby to the forest Coed Tyddyn, as well as near the rapids Ski Jump.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Llyn Celyn and Mynydd Nodol.

Llyn Celyn

Reservoir

Photo: Velela, Public domain.

Llyn Celyn is a reservoir constructed between 1960 and 1965 including the highly controversial Tryweryn flooding in the valley of the River Tryweryn in Gwynedd, Wales.

Mynydd Nodol is a 539m high hill in Snowdonia National Park and lying within the community of Llanycil in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. It rises above the southern shores of the reservoir Llyn Celyn about 4 km northeast of its higher neighbour Arenig Fawr.

Frongoch Internment Camp memorial

Memorial

Frongoch internment camp at Frongoch in Merionethshire, Wales was a makeshift Prisoner-of-war camp during the First World War and the 1916 Easter Rising. Frongoch Internment Camp memorial is situated 1½ miles east of Llyn Celyn Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llidiardau and Frongoch.

Llidiardau

Hamlet

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llidiardau is a small hamlet in Gwynedd, North Wales, approximately 4 miles northwest of Bala, on an unnamed road, 2.3 miles from Arenig Fawr and in the shadow of Mynydd Nodol. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 20.

Frongoch

Village

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Frongoch is a village located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road. It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising. Frongoch is situated 1½ miles east of Llyn Celyn Power Station.

Rhyd-uchaf

Hamlet

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhyd-uchaf is a hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales, approximately 2.4 miles northwest of Bala and 1.4 miles south of Frongoch, on an unnamed road which provides access to Arenig Fawr. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 78. Rhyd-uchaf is situated 2 miles southeast of Llyn Celyn Power Station.

Llyn Celyn Power Station

Type: Power station
Categories: building and industry
Location: Llanycil, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.94521° or 52° 56′ 43″ north

Longitude

-3.66837° or 3° 40′ 6″ west

Operator

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water

Open location code

9C4RW8WJ+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 201719864

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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