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Llangorse Lake
- Area
- 1.25 km²
- Tonight
- 6°CCloudy · Wind 21 km/h W
Llangorse Lake is a lake at 151 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom, 1.25 km² in area and 2.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 151 m
- Length
- 2.0 km
- Shoreline
- 6.6 km
Llangorse Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 6.6 km≈1¾ h to walk around
Llangorse Lake 3D map
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Llangorse Lake terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Llangorse Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Llangorse Lake weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 21 km/h W
Llangorse Lake forecast for about 151 m.
- Tonight6°0.2 mm21 km/h W
- Today7°14°28.1 mm41 km/h W
- Sun8°10°1.1 mm42 km/h W
- Mon9°15°12.2 mm31 km/h S
- Tue9°12°3.3 mm29 km/h SW
- Wed10°14°0.2 mm24 km/h W
- Thu10°13°0.3 mm13 km/h S
- Fri10°13°7.1 mm17 km/h SE
- Sat6°11°0.4 mm13 km/h NW
- Sun4°9°0.3 mm22 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Llangorse Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Llangorse Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km S
Nearest campsite
Lakeside Caravan Park
Nearest caravan site
Llynfi Holiday Park
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.4 km S |
| Parking | 0.7 km NW |
| Parking | 0.8 km NNW |
| Lakeside Caravan ParkCampsite | 1.0 km NNW |
| Llynfi Holiday ParkCaravan site | 1.3 km NNW |
| Llangorse Multi Activity Centre CampsiteCampsite | 1.5 km E |
| The Alltimate ViewCampsite | 3.6 km S |
| Pencelli CastleCaravan site | 4.2 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.4% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 342 m low point 110 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 251 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Reed Warbler7
- Purple loosestrife6
- Meadowsweet6
- Great Cormorant5
- Mute Swan5
- Mallard5
Where Llangorse Lake sits
- Region
- Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Bannau Brycheiniog National Park4
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-16)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
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- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)