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Waun Rydd · 769 m · 9.0 km SW
Lake · Wales

Llangorse Lake

151 m495 ft
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
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Lake

Llangorse Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.0 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
6.6 km≈1¾ h to walk around
3D map

Llangorse Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

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.

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Llangorse Lake elevation profile

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Weather

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

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

    +2 more within 0.8 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Lakeside Caravan Park

    1.0 km NNW · +2 more within 3.6 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Llynfi Holiday Park

    1.3 km NNW · +1 more within 4.2 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km S
Parking0.7 km NW
Parking0.8 km NNW
Lakeside Caravan ParkCampsite1.0 km NNW
Llynfi Holiday ParkCaravan site1.3 km NNW
Llangorse Multi Activity Centre CampsiteCampsite1.5 km E
The Alltimate ViewCampsite3.6 km S
Pencelli CastleCaravan site4.2 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
92.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
7.3%
Steep, 30–45°
0.4%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
342 m low point 110 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 62.9%Trees 20.8%Cropland 8.1%Water 7.1%Built-up 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

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 it sits

Where Llangorse Lake sits

Region
Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Protected area
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park4
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Nearby places

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Downloads

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
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
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia