Water Destinations in Wales, United Kingdom

Llyn Elsi

Llyn Elsi is a lake located above the village of Betws-y-coed in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. It is a reservoir providing water for the village. There is a path round the lake, which affords good views to the north-west towards the mountain ranges of the Carneddau and the Glyderau.

Llyn Tegid

Llyn Tegid (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɬɨ̞n ˈtɛɡɨd]), also known as Bala Lake or Lake Bala in English, is a large freshwater glacial lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dee, which has its source on the slopes of Dduallt in the mountains of Snowdonia, feeds the 3.7-by-0.5-mile (5.95 km × 0.80 km) lake. It was the largest natural body of water in Wales even before its level was raised by Thomas Telford to provide water for the Ellesmere Canal (later Llangollen Canal).

Rest Bay

beach in Porthcawl, Wales

Lifeguard

Ystradfellte Reservoir

Ystradfellte Reservoir is a water storage reservoir on the Afon Dringarth in the upland area of Fforest Fawr within the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales. It lies just north of the village of Ystradfellte in the county of Powys at OS Grid ref SN 946178. The embankment is 920 feet (280 m) long by 114 feet (35 m) high.

Llanwonno

A waterfall in Wales.

Llyn Cwmffynnon

Llyn Cwm-y-ffynnon is a lake in Snowdonia, below the summit of Moel Berfedd in Cwmffynnon. The lake's original name was Fynnon Mymbyr as outlined in Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's charter of 1198. As the name suggests, the lake nestles in a short valley, a cwm, high above the Pen-y-Gwryd hotel.