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Llyn Cwm Llwch

564 m1,850 ft
Tonight
4°CCloudy · Wind 19 km/h W

Llyn Cwm Llwch is a lake at 564 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom.

All facts
Surface elevation
564 m
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Llyn Cwm Llwch 3D map

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Surface
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Topographic map

Llyn Cwm Llwch terrain and contours

25 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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Llyn Cwm Llwch elevation profile

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Weather

Llyn Cwm Llwch weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 19 km/h W

Llyn Cwm Llwch forecast for about 564 m.

  • Tonight4°0.3 mm19 km/h W
  • Today5°12°32.9 mm41 km/h W
  • Sun5°8°1.3 mm42 km/h W
  • Mon6°13°16.2 mm34 km/h S
  • Tue7°9°4.1 mm33 km/h W
  • Wed8°11°0.6 mm26 km/h W
  • Thu8°10°0.5 mm14 km/h S
  • Fri8°11°7.5 mm20 km/h SE
  • Sat4°8°0.4 mm14 km/h W
  • Sun2°6°0.8 mm23 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 Llyn Cwm Llwch

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Llyn Cwm Llwch, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest hut

    Login

    1.8 km N · +1 more within 7.0 km

  • Nearest parking

    Pont ar Daf car park

    2.5 km SW · +2 more within 2.6 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Cwm-llwch

    2.5 km N · +2 more within 4.6 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Aberbran Fawr Campsite

    7.2 km NNW

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
LoginHut1.8 km N
Pont ar Daf car parkParking2.5 km SW
Nant Cwm Llwch Car ParkParking2.5 km N
Cwm-llwchCampsite2.5 km N
Parking2.6 km SW
Campsite4.0 km ENE
Brecon Beacons Wild CampingCampsite4.6 km NW
BIrch Hall BothyHut7.0 km SE
Aberbran Fawr CampsiteCaravan site7.2 km NNW
Slope

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 54% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
54.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
40.3%
Steep, 30–45°
5.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
5.4% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
658 m low point 224 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 95.3%Trees 4.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Llyn Cwm Llwch.

NESW1 km2 km1234
Summit list 4
  1. 1Corn Du873 m 0.9 km SE
  2. 2Pen y Fan886 m 1.1 km ESE
  3. 3Craig-Gwaun-Taf826 m 1.4 km SSE
  4. 4Cefn Cwm Llwch701 m 1.7 km ENE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 138 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Red Kite21
  • Northern Wheatear9
  • Common bilberry9
  • Common Raven8
  • Meadow Pipit8
  • European Common Frog8
Where it sits

Where Llyn Cwm Llwch sits

Region
Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Llyn Cwm Llwch downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia