Cray Reservoir, Brecon Beacons

Name: Cray Reservoir
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#105 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Cray Reservoir is a storage reservoir located in the Brecon Beacons National Park for the water supply to the city of Swansea in South Wales and was built between 1898 and 1908 by Swansea Corporation. ()

Elevation: 991 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°52'50"N, 3°37'30"W

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Brecon Beacons United Kingdom

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Cray Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llyn y Fan Fawr, Fan Brycheiniog, Maen Llia, Black Mountain.

3.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn y Fan Fawr, Brecon Beacons
82 min walk • Llyn y Fan Fawr is a natural lake in the county of Powys, Wales. It lies at the foot of Fan Brycheiniog, the highest peak of the Black Mountain range within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Brycheiniog, Brecon Beacons
91 min walk • Fan Brycheiniog is the highest peak at a height of 802.5 metres in the Black Mountain region of the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Wales.
2.9 miSE
Memorial
Maen Llia, Brecon
76 min walk • Maen Llia is a standing stone which sits on moorland at grid reference SN924192 in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. The stone which is a large piece of intraformational conglomerate from the Old Red Sandstone measures 3.7 m high by 2.8 m wide by 0.6 m. It is roughly diamond-shaped and is partly moss-covered.
3.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mountain, Brecon Beacons
91 min walk • The Black Mountain is a mountain range in South, Mid and West Wales, straddling the county boundary between Carmarthenshire and Brecknockshire and forming the westernmost range of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Its highest point is Fan Brycheiniog at 802 metres or 2,631 ft.
1.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Gyhirych, Brecon Beacons
39 min walk • Fan Gyhirych is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr section of Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. It lies within the county of Breconshire, and administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys.
4.2 miSE
Memorial
Maen Madoc, Brecon Beacons
107 min walk • The Maen Madoc or Maen Madog stone is a menhir which lies adjacent to the Roman road Sarn Helen that runs across the Brecon Beacons in what was a key area of Roman Wales, about one mile north of Ystradfellte. It stands approximately 10 feet high.
3.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, Pen y Cae
98 min walk • Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, also known informally as OFD, is a cave under a hillside in the area surrounding Penwyllt in the Upper Swansea Valley in South Wales. It is the second longest cave in Wales and the deepest in the United Kingdom.
3.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Llia, Brecon Beacons
99 min walk • Fan Llia is a subsidiary summit of Fan Fawr in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. In common with other peaks in the Fforest Fawr uplands it lies within the county of Powys.
3.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Hir, Brecon Beacons
83 min walk • Fan Hir is a peak at the eastern end of the Black Mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Wales. It is a subsidiary summit of Fan Brycheiniog. It falls within the county of Powys and is also a part of the traditional area of Fforest Fawr.
2.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Nedd, Brecon Beacons
69 min walk • Fan Nedd is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. In common with the rest of the Fforest Fawr uplands it is within the county of Powys.
2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan Fraith, Brecon Beacons
50 min walk • Fan Fraith is a top of Fan Gyhirych in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Powys, south Wales. Its summit is at a height of 2192 feet or 668 m. It lies within Fforest Fawr Geopark.