Lluest-wen Reservoir

Lluest-wen Reservoir is a at the top of the , in the borough of , South Wales. Parts of it fall within the communities of , and .
Wikipedia
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: reservoir in the borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales
  • Also known as: “Lluest-Wen Reservoir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tower Colliery and Treherbert railway station.

Photo: Derek Cummings, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was the oldest continuously working deep-coal mine in the , and possibly the world, until its closure in 2008. It was the last mine of its kind to remain in the South Wales Valleys.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
serves the village of in , . It is the northern terminus of the Rhondda Line after , 23 miles 54 chains from .

Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a reservoir that occupies one of a series glacial cirques that form the northern escarpment of the South Wales Coalfield uplands, overlooking the heads of the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maerdy and Aberdare.

Photo: Peter Goodwin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village of 3,200 people in . The area grew from a farming community to town around the coal mining industry and the development of Mardy Colliery in the late 19th century, but its last pit shut in 1990.

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the Cynon Valley area of , , at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and . has a population of 39,550.

Village
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
is a village and community situated at the head of the Fawr valley in the county borough of , Wales. Historically part of .

Lluest-wen Reservoir

Latitude
51.7045° or 51° 42′ 16″ north
Longitude
-3.5253° or 3° 31′ 31″ west
Open location code
9C3RPF3F+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25765042
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Wiki­data ID
Q16894246
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Lluest-wen Reservoir” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Cronfa ddŵr Lluest-wen”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Blaenrhondda and Blaencwm.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ystrad Fernol Quarry and Cefn y Llethr Hir.

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