Alwen Reservoir

#1334 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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The Alwen Reservoir or Cronfa Alwen is a 5 kilometres long reservoir near Pentre-Llyn-Cymmer in Conwy County Borough, Wales. ()

Length: 3.11 miElevation: 1207 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°4'21"N, 3°34'50"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Llyn Alwen, Llyn Brenig, Llyn Aled, Mwdwl-eithin.

3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Alwen
81 min walk • Llyn Alwen is a small natural upland lake on Mynydd Hiraethog in Conwy County Borough, Wales at SH 898 565. It lies on the rolling Silurian moorland to the north-west of Mwdwl-eithin and about 10 km to the east of Betws y Coed.
2.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Brenig
59 min walk • Llyn Brenig is a reservoir located on Denbigh Moors in North Wales. The artificial lake, which was constructed between 1973 and 1976, was created by building an embankment dam across the Afon Brenig valley.
2.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Aled
72 min walk • Llyn Aled is a lake on Mynydd Hiraethog in the Conwy County Borough. It is situated north of the A543 and 7 kilometres to the north-east of the village of Pentrefoelas.
1.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mwdwl-eithin
40 min walk • Mwdwl-eithin is the highest point on the Denbigh Moors of North Wales. This gently rising mountain lies about 10 miles east of Betws-y-Coed. On its summit is a trig point and a ruined building which still provides shelter against a storm. A few metres away is a large raised stone cairn.
5.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel y Gydros
143 min walk • Moel y Gydros is a hill located just outside the Snowdonia National Park on the Gwynedd / Conwy border in North Wales. The B4501, Frongoch to Cerrigydrudion road skirts the hills lower slopes.
5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Denbigh Moors
128 min walk • Denbigh Moors is an upland region in Conwy and Denbighshire in north-east Wales, between Snowdonia and the Clwydian Range. It includes the large reservoirs Llyn Brenig and Llyn Alwen, and the Clocaenog Forest, which has one of Wales's last populations of red squirrels.
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Clocaenog Forest
109 min walk • The Clocaenog Forest is in west Denbighshire and east Conwy, Wales on Mynydd Hiraethog. It takes its name from the village of Clocaenog, near Ruthin.
3.5 miS
Village
Cerrigydrudion
89 min walk • Cerrigydrudion, sometimes spelt Cerrig-y-drudion, is a village and community in Conwy, Wales. Until 1974 it was part of the historic county Denbighshire, when it became part of the newly formed county of Clwyd.