- Pistyll Rhaeadr
Pistyll Rhaeadr is the tallest
waterfall inEngland and Wales .Location
It is located a few miles from the village of
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant inPowys , twelve miles west ofOswestry .There is ample car parking space at the foot of the waterfall for people who want to explore the waterfall, with a café and a B&B alongside.
A Wonder of Wales
It is formed by the
Afon Disgynfa river passing over a 240-foot (73 m [ [http://www.tourism.powys.gov.uk/brochures/Powys-Walks-Booklet.pdf Government booklet] ] )Silurian cliff-face, after which the river is known as theAfon Rhaeadr . The waterfall descends in three stages, totalling 240 foot. Pistyll Rhaeadr, whose name means the "spring of the waterfall", is counted as one of theSeven Wonders of Wales and is aSite of Special Scientific Interest . The 19th century authorGeorge Borrow in his bookWild Wales remarked of the waterfall, "What shall I liken it to? I scarcely know, unless it is to an immense skein of silk agitated and disturbed by tempestuous blasts, or to the long tail of a grey courser at furious speed. I never saw water falling so gracefully, so much like thin, beautiful threads as here".References
External links
* [http://www.pistyllrhaeadr.co.uk/ www.pistyllrhaeadr.co.uk]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/seven_wonders/pages/pistyll_rhaeadr.shtml BBC NE Wales Seven Wonders of Wales]
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