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Llanishen Reservoir (Welsh: Cronfa Ddŵr Llanisien) is a Victorian reservoir in north Cardiff, Wales. The reservoir is one of the reservoirs constructed as part of the Taff Fawr scheme for supplying water to Cardiff and was completed in 1886. It forms part of the Nant Fawr Corridor from the top of Roath Park to the countryside beyond Cyncoed ...
Llanishen Reservoir forms the end of a Victorian water supply system stretching from the Brecon Beacons to Cardiff. It was previously threatened by an American-led commercial development for domestic housing, where the proposed houses would be built around a reduced lake.
The centre opened in 1968 [3] as Llanishen Sailing Centre and was based at Llanishen Reservoir in North Cardiff. It was rebranded in 2010 when the centre was forced to relocate to Cardiff Bay due to the draining of the reservoir [4] [5] but is still one of the major watersports centre's in Wales.
The company sought a fourth act of Parliament, the Cardiff Waterworks Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. cxliv), to enable them to construct additional works at Ely, and a new reservoir at Llanishen to supplement the supply to Cardiff and to extend their area of supply to parts of Llandaff and Whitchurch. The corporation again tried to buy out the ...
Lisvane Reservoir at Lisvane, Cardiff, south Wales is one of several reservoirs constructed as part of the Taff Fawr scheme for supplying water to Cardiff, completed in 1886. It is adjacent to Llanishen Reservoir [ 1 ] and forms part of the Nant Fawr Corridor from the top of Roath Park to the countryside beyond Cyncoed.
Cardiff Bay: River Taff/River Ely: 500 200 amenity Hendre Lake: No main catchment 12 4.9 recreation and amenity Llanishen Reservoir: Rhymney River: 59 24 water supply to Cardiff: Lisvane Reservoir: Rhymney River: water supply to Cardiff Roath lake: Rhymney River: 30 12 recreation and amenity
The reservoir is one of several operated by DWP across the city, which have a combined capacity of more than 4.1 billion gallons of water. Including aqueduct reservoirs, the city can store more ...
Cardiff Bay; L. Llanishen Reservoir This page was last edited on 14 May 2023, at 13:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...