Point of interest
Elan Valley Waterfall Trail
3 locals recommend,
Location
National Cycle Route 81
Rhayader, Wales
Tips from locals
Nick
March 25, 2022
About Elan Valley. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are about 35 minutes 27 miles from our property, a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs, which were built by the Birmingham Corporation Water Department, provide clean drinking water for Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. The five lakes are known as the Claerwen, Craig-goch, Pen-y-garreg, Garreg-ddu, and Caban-coch. Water from the reservoirs is carried by gravity to Frankley Reservoir in Birmingham via the Elan aqueduct. Pumping is not required because the network drops 52 metres (171 ft) along its 73 miles (117 km) length from its source to Frankley. A gradient of 1:2300 maintains a flow of less than 2 miles per hour (3.2 km/h); water takes one and a half to two days to reach Birmingham. The aqueduct, which was started in 1896 and opened in 1906, crosses several valleys and features numerous brick tunnels, pipelines, and valve houses.
About Elan Valley. The Elan Valley Reservoirs are about 35 minutes 27 miles from our property, a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales. The reservoirs, which were built by the Birmingham Corporation Water Department, provide cl…
Elan Valley Waterfall Trail by Airbnb Experiences
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