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Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower – Lake Vyrnwy loop from Glyn Ceiriog

Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower – Lake Vyrnwy loop from Glyn Ceiriog

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Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower – Lake Vyrnwy loop from Glyn Ceiriog

03:51

76.5km

1,230m

Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2025

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17.7 km

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Village Centre

Gegin Fach tea room is a nice little coffee shop serving drinks, cake and café food.
Open Mon to Sat 9:00 - 17:00

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34.3 km

View of the Straining Tower, Lake Vyrnwy

The Straining Tower at Lake Vyrnwy is an intake tower built to extract water from the lake. The tower stands on the north shore of Lake Vyrnwy, near the village …

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34.4 km

Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower

Lake Vyrnwy (Welsh: Llyn Efyrnwy, pronounced [ɛˈvərnʊɨ] or Llyn Llanwddyn) is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, built in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. …

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35.8 km

Lake Vyrnwy Dam

The dam across the Vyrnwy Valley, Montgomeryshire, was the first large masonry dam, and was completed in 1888. Water from the reservoir supplies Liverpool, travelling there along a 70 mile aqueduct.

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39.0 km

Nant y Maes Waterfall

Along the road you come to a small bridge at the side of it is a beautiful natural waterfall close to Nant y Maes stream.
Stunning waterfall that meets the lake

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42.0 km

Lake Vyrnwy

Llyn Efyrnwy or Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir built in the 1880s to supply water to Liverpool.
The lake and nature reserve around it is jointly managed by the RSPB …

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76.5 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

76.5 km

Surfaces

74.5 km

2.00 km

Elevation

Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower – Lake Vyrnwy loop from Glyn Ceiriog

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Village Centre

View of the Straining Tower, Lake Vyrnwy

Lake Vyrnwy Straining Tower

Lake Vyrnwy Dam

Nant y Maes Waterfall

Lake Vyrnwy

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