Ffynnon Llugwy
Ffynnon Llugwy is a lake in the Carneddau range of mountains in Snowdonia, North Wales. It lies at a height of about 1,786 feet and covers an area of some 40 acres.Photo: Simon Gwyn Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in the Carneddau range of mountains in Snowdonia, North Wales
- Also known as: “Llugwy spring”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnedd Llewelyn and Pen yr Helgi Du.
Carnedd Llewelyn
Peak
Photo: Sowen, Copyrighted free use.
Carnedd Llewelyn, also spelled Carnedd Llywelyn, is a mountain massif in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, north-west Wales. It is the highest point of the Carneddau at 1,064 metres and the second-highest peak by relative height in Wales, 49th in the British Isles and lies on the border between Gwynedd and Conwy.
Pen yr Helgi Du
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Pen yr Helgi Du is a mountain peak in the eastern part of the Carneddau in Snowdonia, North Wales. It lies on the south-eastern flanks of Carnedd Llewelyn, and is linked to Carnedd Llewelyn over the col of Bwlch Eryl Farchog, a knife-edge ridge over the cliffs of Craig Yr Ysfa.
Pen Llithrig y Wrach
Peak
Photo: Terry Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen Llithrig y Wrach is a mountain peak in Snowdonia, North Wales. It is one of the four Marilyns that make up the Carneddau range. To the east is Creigiau Gleision, another Marilyn, while to the west are Pen yr Helgi Du and Carnedd Llewelyn. Craig Eigiau and Llyn Eigiau can be seen to the north, while Gallt yr Ogof, Glyder Fach and Tryfan can be viewed to the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwm Idwal.
Cwm Idwal
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cwm Idwal is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude, aspect and terrain.
Ffynnon Llugwy
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Capel Curig, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1457° or 53° 8′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.9563° or 3° 57′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C5R42WV+7FOpenStreetMap ID
way 60840907OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q5446248
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Ffynnon Llugwy” goes by many names.
- French: “Ffynnon Llugwy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ffynnon Llugwy”
- Welsh: “Ffynnon Llugwy”
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