Claerwen

#2726 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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The Claerwen reservoir and dam in Powys, Wales, were the last additions to the Elan Valley Reservoirs system built to provide water for the increasing water demand of the city of Birmingham and the West Midlands. The dam is a gravity dam built mainly of concrete, with the exterior dam face is dressed stone. The dam is a gravity dam built upon solid rock foundations as the pressure of the reservoir behind should be in equilibrium with the total weight of the dam itself thus causing complete stability. ()

Elevation: 1214 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°16'18"N, 3°41'8"W

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Claerwen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Elan aqueduct, Elan Valley Reservoirs, Drygarn Fawr, Elan Valley.

3.8 miE
Aqueduct
Elan aqueduct
96 min walk • The Elan aqueduct crosses Wales and the Midlands of England, running eastwards from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in Mid Wales to Birmingham's Frankley Reservoir, carrying drinking water for Birmingham.
~760 ftW
Lake, Dam
Elan Valley Reservoirs, Rhayader
4 min walk • The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Drygarn Fawr
107 min walk • Drygarn Fawr is a mountain in the county of Powys, Wales. It is one of the highest summits in Mid Wales standing at 645 metres or 2114 feet above sea level. It lies to the south of the Elan Valley Reservoirs.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Elan Valley
106 min walk • The Elan Valley is a river valley situated to the west of Rhayader, in Powys, Wales, sometimes known as the "Welsh Lake District". It covers 70 square miles of lake and countryside.
3.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Desert of Wales
79 min walk • The Desert of Wales, or Green Desert of Wales, is a large area in central Wales, so called because of its lack of roads and towns and its inaccessibility. The term was invented by English travel writers in the nineteenth century and has no equivalent in the Welsh language.
7.4 miNW
Church
Eglwys Newydd Church, Devil's Bridge
188 min walk • Eglwys Newydd Church is an early 19th-century church which replaced a previous chapel of ease. The chapel of ease was originally at Trisant but was moved to this site around 1620 by the Herbert family, owners of the Hafod estate.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gorllwyn
108 min walk • Gorllwyn is a subsidiary summit of Drygarn Fawr, located on a remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian Mountains. The summit is grassy and is surrounded by peat bog. There is a shelter cairn and a trig point.
7.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Garreg Lwyd
196 min walk • Garreg Lwyd is a hill in Mid Wales, between the towns of Rhayader and Llangurig. It rises to the east above the A470 as it follows the Wye Valley. The Bryn Titli Wind Farm is situated on an area of flatter moorland to the north-west. Red kites frequent the area.
5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Llan Ddu Fawr
127 min walk • Llan Ddu Fawr or Waun Claerddu is one of the highest summits in Ceredigion, Wales, at 594 metres. It is located about 10 miles south of Pumlumon. The surrounding land can be very boggy. There is a trig point at the summit, but this is not the highest point. The peak is located within the region known as the Desert of Wales.