Largest lakes & reservoirs in Wales, United Kingdom by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 8 articles we have published for Wales, United Kingdom lakes.
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Below are lakes within United Kingdom > Wales, United Kingdom > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Wales, United Kingdom, only the 8 Wales, United Kingdom lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Surface area in acres | Lake description |
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Lake Vyrnwy (Mid Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
1,120 ac | Also known as Llyn Efyrnwy, Vyrnwy Reservoir Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy in Welsh) is a beautiful man-made reservoir constructed in 1888 to provide the City of Liverpool with a reliable and plentif… |
Bala Lake (North Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
1,023 ac | Also known as Llyn Tegid Bala Lake is nestled in the gentle rolling hills of North Wales and has stunning mountains resting in the background. The lake, called Llyn Tegid in W… |
Llyn Brenig (North Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
920 ac | Also known as Lake Brenig, Llyn Brenig Reservoir Llyn (Lake) Brenig is a sparkling 920-acre (3.7 square kilometer) reservoir located in North Wales, in the heart of the Denbigh moors. Nestled between… |
Llyn Clywedog (Mid Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
618 ac | Also known as Lake Clywedog, Clywedog Reservoir The Clywedog Reservoir, or Llyn (Lake) Clywedog, was formed by damming the River Clywedog, a tributary of the River Severn, in 1967. The concrete butt… |
Llyn Brianne Reservoir (Mid Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
530 ac | Also known as Llyn Brianne, Lake Brianne The Llyn Brianne Reservoir is a beautiful 530-acre (2.1 square kilometer) body of water nestled in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid-Wales. Created in 197… |
Llangorse Lake (Southern Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
327 ac | Also known as Llangors Lake, Lake Syfaddan, Lyn Syfaddan Sitting within Brecon Beacons National Park, Llangorse Lake stands as the largest natural lake in South Wales and second largest in the principality o… |
Llyn Padarn (North Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
242 ac | Also known as Lake Padarn Llyn Padarn (Lake Padarn) is a sparkling 242-acre (one square kilometer) lake nestled in the Llanberis Pass at the foot of Mount Snowdon, (Wales’ high… |
Llys-y-Fran Reservoir (Southwest Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
212 ac | Also known as Llysyfran Reservoir Nestled at the base of the Preseli Mountains of Southwest Wales, Llys-y-Fran Reservoir is a 212-acre, (0.9 square kilometers) man-made lake within the… |