Pistyll Rhaeadr

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The 73 m high Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall

Pistyll Rhaeadr is a waterfall in Wales . It is located near the northern Welsh town of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in the Unitary Authority Powys , 20 km west of Oswestry .

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The Pistyll Rhaeadr is fed by the Afon Disgynfa river . The river falls in three stages over a 73 m high Silurian rock face. From here the river continues to flow under the new name River Rhaeadr (Welsh Afon Rhaeadr ). The highest of the three steps measures over 40 m. The Pistyll Rhaeadr is one of the so-called Seven Wonders of Wales .

The Tan y Pistyll Restaurant at the foot of the waterfall

Although the waterfall has been referred to many times in the media, government sources and other sources as the tallest waterfall in Wales or the tallest single-tier waterfall in the UK , it is surpassed in both categories by both the Devil's Appendix and Pistyll y Llyn and other waterfalls.

There is parking near the waterfall, as well as a café and B&B that goes by the Welsh name Tan y Pistyll ( Little House Under the Waterfall ). It has official approval to carry out civil weddings for those willing to marry who want to say yes in the face of the waterfall.

Web links

Commons : Pistyll Rhaeadr  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Waterfall 1000th on protected list . In: BBC News , May 22, 2000. Retrieved September 9, 2009. 
  2. ↑ Times Walks: Pistyll Rhaeadr, Wales . In: Times Online , April 25, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2009. 
  3. ↑ Kerry Ridgeway (PDF; 2.1 MB) In: Walking in Mid-Wales and the Brecon Beacons . Powys County Council Tourism Services Unit. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  4. ↑ Pistyll Rhaeadr . Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 9, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.placesonline.com
  5. ↑ Des Marshall: Walking to Mid Wales' Waterfalls . Kittiwake, Machynlleth, Wales 2009, ISBN 978-1902302-69-0 , pp. 1, 2.
  6. ^ The tallest waterfalls in Wales . Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  7. ↑ http://www.pistyllrhaeadr.co.uk/weddings.html

Coordinates: 52 ° 51 '18 "  N , 3 ° 22' 42.7"  W.