Llyn Cwellyn

Below Mynydd Mawr on the western approach to Snowdon, this deep lake holds the rare Arctic charr and supplies Caernarfon.

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Llyn Cwellyn is a llyn in Gwynedd. It sits inside Eryri National Park. Roman Bridge Station is 15.7 km away to the east. Other lakes & lochs nearby include Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and Llyn Peris.

More places to visit near Llyn Cwellyn

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

A rack-and-pinion railway climbing from Llanberis to the summit of Yr Wyddfa, the only one of its kind in Britain.

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A round-towered Welsh castle above Llanberis.

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The former Dinorwig quarry workshops at Llanberis, preserved as a museum of the Welsh slate industry.

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Vast abandoned slate terraces above Llanberis, part of the UNESCO Slate Landscape World Heritage Site.

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At Llanberis below Snowdon, a lakeside steam railway runs beside this glacial lake, overlooked by Dolbadarn Castle.

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