Pontsticill Reservoir, Brecon Beacons

Name: Pontsticill Reservoir
Address: Brecon Beacons, United Kingdom

#113 among attractions in Brecon Beacons

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Facts and practical information

Pontsticill Reservoir or Taf Fechan Reservoir is a large reservoir on the Taf Fechan lying partly in the county of Powys and partly within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. It lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark. ()

Maximum depth: 98 ftCoordinates: 51°48'56"N, 3°22'17"W

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Brecon Beacons United Kingdom

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Cyfarthfa Castle, Fan y Big, Bwlch y Ddwyallt, Morlais Castle.

4.1 miS
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil
106 min walk • Cyfarthfa Castle is a castellated mansion that was the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The house commanded a view of the valley and the works, which ‘at night, offer a truly magnificent scene, resembling the fabled Pandemonium, but on which the eye may gaze with pleasure’.
4.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fan y Big, Brecon Beacons
111 min walk • Fan y Big is a subsidiary summit of Waun Rydd in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales. It is 716.6 m high and is often hiked as part of the Horseshoe Walk, a traverse of the four main peaks in the Brecon Beacons.
4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bwlch y Ddwyallt, Brecon Beacons
103 min walk • Bwlch y Ddwyallt is the name commonly applied to the high point of the plateau of Gwaun Cerrig Llwydion in the eastern part of the Brecon Beacons in south Wales. It is a top of Waun Rydd.
2.7 miS
Historical place, Ruins, Forts and castles
Morlais Castle, Merthyr Tydfil
69 min walk • Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Not much remains today of the castle first begun by Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester on land claimed by Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford.
4.9 miS
51°44'43"N • 3°22'47"W
St Tydfil Shopping Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
125 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
4.3 miS
Bridge
Pont-y-Cafnau, Merthyr Tydfil
111 min walk • The Pont-y-Cafnau, sometimes written Pont y Cafnau or Pontycafnau, is a 14.2-metre long iron truss bridge over the River Taff in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
3.8 miS
Church
St John's Church, Merthyr Tydfil
97 min walk • St John's Church is a defunct Grade II listed church in the village of Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. The church was built in 1827 for local ironworks manager Sir John Josiah Guest, at a cost of £3000. It was gradually completely rebuilt later in the century, in a Gothic style, finishing with the main nave and aisle in 1893/4.
3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cefn Cil Sanws, Brecon Beacons
76 min walk • Cefn Cil Sanws is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. The summit at 460m above sea level is crowned by a trig point.
1.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cefn yr Ystrad, Brecon Beacons
49 min walk • Cefn yr Ystrad is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. It is an outlier of the Central Beacons group. The broad northeast - southwest aligned ridge reaches an elevation of 619 metres.
4.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun Rydd, Brecon Beacons
108 min walk • Waun Rydd is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales. Its height is 769m and it tops a large boggy plateau rising to the east of Pen y Fan. The hill takes the form of a plateau with sharp rims on several sides.
2.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Llangynidr, Brecon Beacons
60 min walk • Mynydd Llangynidr is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park largely in the county of Powys, south Wales. Its southern slopes extend into the northernmost parts of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent.

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How to get to Pontsticill Reservoir by public transport?

The nearest stations to Pontsticill Reservoir:

Train

Dol-y-gaer (10 min walk)
Pontsticill (30 min walk)