Llyn Celyn
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.Photo: Velela, Public domain.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir lake in Wales
- Also known as: “Tryweryn Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mynydd Nodol and Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn.
Mynydd Nodol
Peak
Photo: Ken Bagnall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn is a subsidiary summit of Carnedd y Filiast on the border of Snowdonia National Park in Llandderfel, in Gwynedd. The northern slopes of the peak lie in Ysbyty Ifan, in Conwy.
Llyn Arenig Fawr
Photo: David Neale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Arenig Fawr is a lake and reservoir located to the northeast of Arenig Fawr, a mountain in North Wales. The reservoir's primary purpose is to supply water to the nearby town of Bala and the numerous small villages in the surrounding area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capel Celyn and Frongoch.
Capel Celyn
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capel Celyn was a rural community to the northwest of Bala in Merionethshire, Wales, in the Tryweryn valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in the Tryweryn flooding of 1965 to create a reservoir, Llyn Celyn, in order to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water for industry.
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.
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.
Llyn Celyn
- Category: body of water
- Location: Llandderfel, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9511° or 52° 57′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.6953° or 3° 41′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C4RX823+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 5184756OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q3401399
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Llyn Celyn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Llyn Celyn”
- Basque: “Llyn Celyn”
- Breton: “Llyn Celyn”
- Catalan: “Llyn Celyn”
- Chinese: “林·希林”
- Dutch: “Llyn Celyn”
- French: “Llyn Celyn”
- German: “Llyn Celyn”
- Japanese: “ケラン湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llyn Celyn”
- Slovak: “Llyn Celyn”
- Spanish: “Llyn Celyn”
- Welsh: “Llyn Celyn”
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