Tal-y-llyn Lake, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Tal-y-llyn Lake
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#102 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Tal-y-llyn Lake, also known as Talyllyn Lake and Llyn Myngul, is a large glacial ribbon lake in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is formed by a post-glacial massive landslip damming up the lake within the glaciated valley. The hamlet of Talyllyn lies at the west end of the lake. ()

Average depth: 10 ftElevation: 269 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°40'20"N, 3°53'55"W

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Tal-y-llyn Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cadair Idris, Hughes Memorial, Castell y Bere, Corris Craft Centre.

1.9 miN
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Cadair Idris, Dolgellau
50 min walk • Cader Idris is a mountain in the historic county of Meirionnydd, Wales. It lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park near the town of Dolgellau.
2.7 miSE
Memorial
Hughes Memorial, Corris
68 min walk • The Hughes Memorial in Corris is a memorial obelisk commemorating Alfred W Hughes, who served as a surgeon in the Second Boer War. He died of fever in South Africa in 1900. In 2013, Professor Chris Williams of Swansea University described it as one of the most important objects in Welsh history.
3.2 miW
Ruins, Forts and castles
Castell y Bere, Tywyn
82 min walk • Castell y Bere is a Welsh castle near Llanfihangel-y-pennant in Gwynedd, Wales. Constructed by Llywelyn the Great in the 1220s, the stone castle was intended to maintain his authority over the local people and to defend the south-west part of the princedom of Gwynedd.
2.4 miSE
Classes and workshops, Arts and crafts
Corris Craft Centre, Corris
61 min walk • Corris Craft Centre is a craft and leisure complex in Corris, on the A487 near Machynlleth, mid-Wales. It is sometimes referred to as King Arthur's Labyrinth, one of the attractions on the site. Celebrating 40 years in 2022.
4.2 miSE
Museum
Centre for Alternative Technology, Snowdonia National Park
107 min walk • The Centre for Alternative Technology is an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no longer concentrates its efforts exclusively on alternative technology, but provides information on all aspects of sustainable living.
3.1 miNE
Lake
Llyn y Tri Greyenyn, Dolgellau
81 min walk • Llyn y Tri Greyenyn was a small lake not far from Cadair Idris in the old parish of Tal-y-llyn, Merionethshire in north Wales. It was located at the head of the valley of Cwm Rhwyddfor on the pass called Bwlch Llyn Bach between Minffordd and Cross Foxes; Llyn y Tri Greyenyn is the 'llyn bach’’ in the pass’s name.
1.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig Cwm Amarch, Snowdonia National Park
38 min walk • Craig Cwm Amarch is not synonymous with Craig y Cau but names the headwall of Cwm Amarch on Cadair Idris in the Snowdonia National Park, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. There seems to be some confusion over naming by people who are not local.
3.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Gwernan, Penmaenpool
99 min walk • Llyn Gwernan is a lake in Gwynedd, Wales and an important geological site, notable for an unusual thickness of Devensian Late-glacial organic deposits.
4.2 miNE
Hill
Mynydd Ceiswyn, Dolgellau
107 min walk • Mynydd Ceiswyn is a mountain in Wales. It is the peak south of Waun-oer in the Dyfi Hills. On the east side of the mountain is the valley of the Nant Ceiswyn, and Cwm Hengae lies to the south.
3.2 miE
Mountain
Mynydd Cambergi, Corris
82 min walk • Mynydd Cambergi or Mynydd Cam-bergi is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is a summit on a long ridge between Mynydd y Waun to the north and Foel Grochan to the east.
2.3 miE
Rock
Broad Vein Mudstone Formation, Corris
59 min walk • The Broad Vein Mudstone Formation is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is silty mudstone, intensely bioturbated in places. It varies in colour from a pale to a medium blue. This formation has been commercially quarried as slate in several locations along its length.