Lluest-wen Reservoir
Lluest-wen Reservoir is a reservoir at the top of the Rhondda Fach Valley, in the borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. Parts of it fall within the communities of Rhigos, Aberdare and Treherbert.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 Treherbert railway station and Llyn Fawr.
Treherbert railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Treherbert railway station serves the village of Treherbert in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is the northern terminus of the Rhondda Line after Ynyswen, 23 miles 54 chains from Cardiff Docks.
Llyn Fawr
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llyn Fawr 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, South Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maerdy and Aberdare.
Maerdy
Photo: Peter Goodwin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maerdy is a village of 3,200 people in Glamorgan. 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.
Aberdare
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdare is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550.
Hirwaun
Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hirwaun is a village and community at the north end of the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is 4 miles NW of the town of Aberdare, and comes under the Aberdare post town.
Lluest-wen Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.7044° or 51° 42′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.5253° or 3° 31′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C3RPF3F+QVOpenStreetMap ID
way 25765042OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata 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 Treherbert.
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Highlights include Cefn y Llethr Hir and Castell Nos.
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