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Pistyll Rhaeadr is the tallest waterfall
Waterfall

A waterfall is usually a geology geologic formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a nickpoint, or sudden break in elevation....
 in England and Wales and the fifth tallest in the United Kingdom.

s located a few miles from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is a village in Powys, mid Wales. Population 1,470 , Welsh-speaking 62% . The village is best known as the former parish of William Morgan , then a vicar who first translated the Bible into Welsh language and later rose to become a Bishop at Llandaff Cathedral and St....
 in Powys
Powys

Powys is a local-government Principal areas of Wales and preserved counties of Wales in Wales....
, Wales, twelve miles west of Oswestry
Oswestry

Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, very close to the Wales border. It is at the junction of the A5 road , A483 road, and A495 road roads....
.

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) Silurian
Silurian

The Silurian is a geologic period that extends from the end of the Ordovician period, about 443.7 ? 1.5 annum , to the beginning of the Devonian period, about 416.0 ? 2.8 Mya ....
 cliff-face, after which the river is known as the Afon Rhaeadr. The waterfall descends in three stages, totalling 240 foot.






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Pistyll Rhaeadr is the tallest waterfall
Waterfall

A waterfall is usually a geology geologic formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a nickpoint, or sudden break in elevation....
 in England and Wales and the fifth tallest in the United Kingdom.

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It is located a few miles from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is a village in Powys, mid Wales. Population 1,470 , Welsh-speaking 62% . The village is best known as the former parish of William Morgan , then a vicar who first translated the Bible into Welsh language and later rose to become a Bishop at Llandaff Cathedral and St....
 in Powys
Powys

Powys is a local-government Principal areas of Wales and preserved counties of Wales in Wales....
, Wales, twelve miles west of Oswestry
Oswestry

Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, very close to the Wales border. It is at the junction of the A5 road , A483 road, and A495 road roads....
.

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) Silurian
Silurian

The Silurian is a geologic period that extends from the end of the Ordovician period, about 443.7 ? 1.5 annum , to the beginning of the Devonian period, about 416.0 ? 2.8 Mya ....
 cliff-face, after which the river is known as the Afon 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 the Seven Wonders of Wales
Seven Wonders of Wales

The Seven Wonders of Wales is a traditional list of notable landmarks in North Wales, commemorated in an anonymously written rhyme:The seven wonders comprise:...
 and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon them, including National Nature Res...
. The 19th century author George Borrow
George Borrow

George Henry Borrow was an England author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. Over the course of his wanderings, he developed a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, and they figure prominently in his work....
 in his book Wild Wales
Wild Wales

Wild Wales is a travel book by the English Victorian era gentleman writer George Borrow, , first published in 1862....
 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".

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