Walk po138 A circuit of Caban-coch Reservoir from Elan Village
This 7¾ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Elan Valley Visitor Centre & will take about 4½ hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7¾mls (12.5km) |
| Ascent: | 1,575ft (480m) |
| Time: | 4½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk po138:
Elan Valley Visitor Centre - Caban-coch Reservoir Dam - Caban-coch Reservoir - Craig Cnwch - Nant-y-Gro Dam - Ty'n-y-pant - Dolymynach Reservoir - Llanerch Cawr Longhouse - Craig y Mynach - Nant Gwyllt - Penglaneinon Farm - Coed Aberelan - Garreg-ddu Reservoir - Caban-coch Reservoir - Elan Valley Visitor Centre
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
While Derwent Dam in The Peak District was used to train crews for the famous low level Dambusters attack on the Ruhr dams during World War II (& to film scenes for the 1954 film of the event) Barnes Wallace used the small 35ft Nant-y-Gro Dam for the initial tests for his revolutionary 'bouncing bomb'.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 Welsh Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 Welsh Nuttalls |
 0 Welsh Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Welsh Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 200 Llandrindod Wells & Elan Valley is not currently available
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 147 Elan Valley & Builth Wells is not currently available
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