Broad Water

#5314 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Broad Water, or Broadwater is a salt water lagoon near Tywyn, Wales formed from the silted up estuary of the River Dysynni. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the estuary was used by the shipbuilding industry, as small sailing ships were launched to carry peat from the local peat bogs. This industry was abandoned in the nineteenth century when the estuary became too silted up, forming the lagoon. The outflow of the lagoon flows beneath a railway bridge before entering Cardigan Bay. ()

Elevation: 0 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°36'14"N, 4°5'59"W

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Broad Water – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dolgoch Falls, Castell y Bere, Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Talyllyn Railway.

4.5 miE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Dolgoch Falls, Snowdonia National Park
116 min walk • The Dolgoch Falls are a series of three waterfalls near Tywyn in Gwynedd, Mid Wales. The falls are part of the Nant Dol-gôch stream, which flows into the Afon Fathew, and form a popular walk from the nearby Dolgoch station on the Talyllyn Railway.
6.6 miNE
Ruins, Forts and castles
Castell y Bere, Tywyn
168 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.
1.5 miS
Museum
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn
38 min walk • The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum is a purpose-built museum dedicated to narrow-gauge railways situated at the Tywyn Wharf station of the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales. The museum has a collection of more than 1,000 items from over eighty narrow-gauge railways in Wales, England, the Isle of Man, Ireland and Scotland.
1.5 miS
52°35'1"N • 4°5'21"W
Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn
38 min walk • Scenic railroads, Tours, Museum
1.2 miSE
Church
St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn
32 min walk • St Cadfan's Church is situated in Tywyn in the county of Gwynedd, formerly Merionethshire, Wales. The church is noted for its Romanesque architecture and for housing the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross dating from ninth century or earlier which is inscribed with the oldest known written Welsh.
5.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Sand dune
Ynyslas Sand Dunes, Dyfi National Nature Reserve
146 min walk • Ynyslas Sand Dunes are sand dunes located in Ceredigion, Wales. They border Cardigan Bay and the Dyfi Estuary between Ynyslas, Ceredigion and Aberdyfi, Gwynedd. The sand dunes are part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve.
4.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig yr Aderyn, Snowdonia National Park
124 min walk • Craig yr Aderyn is a hill rising to a height of 258 metres above sea level on the south bank of the River Dysynni near Llanfihangel-y-Pennant in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Craig yr Aderyn has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of the choughs and other birds that breed there.
1.2 miSE
Memorial
Cadfan Stone, Tywyn
32 min walk • Inside St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd is an inscribed stone cross called the Cadfan Stone. On it are the earliest known inscriptions in the Welsh language, specifically in Old Welsh.
1.3 miE
Park
Ynysymaengwyn, Snowdonia National Park
33 min walk • Ynysymaengwyn was a gentry house in the parish of Tywyn, Gwynedd, situated near the left bank of the River Dysynni. The name means 'the white stone island'.