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Photo of Lake Vyrnwy, a reservoir in the Powys, mid Wales.

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Lake Vyrnwy

Built to slake the thirst of Liverpool, this Berwyn-hills reservoir is marked by its Gothic straining tower and long stone dam.

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Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir in Powys. The nearest other lake is Llyn Tegid, 14.6 km to the north-west.

More places to visit near Lake Vyrnwy

Photo of Eryri, a National Park in north Wales.Iconic

Eryri

National Park near Trawsfynydd

Wales at its wildest — Yr Wyddfa and the highest ridges south of Scotland, above slate valleys and glacial lakes.

6.2 km N

Photo of St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell, a church in the Powys, mid Wales.Highlight

St Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell

Church near Pennant Melangell

Grade I listed 12th-century pilgrimage church in the Tanat Valley, holding the Romanesque shrine of St Melangell.

6.3 km NE

Photo of Bwlch y Groes, a landmark near Bala in Eryri, Gwynedd, north Wales.Highlight

Bwlch y Groes

Landmark near Bala

One of the highest public-road mountain passes in Wales, climbing between Bala and Dinas Mawddwy.

9.7 km NW

Photo of Pistyll Rhaeadr, a waterfall near Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, the Powys, mid Wales.Iconic

Pistyll Rhaeadr

Waterfall near Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog

Counted among the old Seven Wonders of Wales and usually called the country's tallest single-drop fall — a spout threading a natural rock arch above the Tanat valley.

11.5 km NE

Photo along the Cambrian Way, a 298-mile long-distance path running from Cardiff to Conwy, Wales.Highlight

Cambrian Way

Long-distance path

The mountain connoisseur's route over the roof of Wales — Cardiff to Conwy by way of the Bannau, the Cambrian wilderness and Eryri.

13.9 km SW · spans 9 counties

Photo of Llyn Tegid, a lake near Bala in Eryri, Gwynedd, north Wales.Highlight

Llyn Tegid

Llyn near Bala

Wales's largest natural lake, home to the gwyniad whitefish, with a little steam railway running along its southern shore.

14.6 km NW