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car park with toilets, which is reached just before the lake itself, and the lakeside cafe (open from Easter until late summer) offers car parking for patrons. The lake is a popular
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offers a profile of crags which are silhouetted at sunset. The Forest Park guide (2002) states that "the (view along Llyn
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The lake is a reservoir and was dammed at its northern end in 1874, but the dam itself is barely visible as the outflow plunges down steeply from it. By the outflow is an
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Crafnant takes its name from “craf”, an old Welsh word for
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987:Dolgarrog railway station
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317:, the 1981 fantasy movie
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997:Llanrwst railway station
422:The Lakes of North Wales
346:A view of Llyn Crafnant
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905:Snowdonia National Park
839:Conwy Suspension Bridge
249:Natural Resources Wales
190:". The summits include
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157:71 ft (22 m)
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149:63 acres (25 ha)
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588:Tyn-y-groes
426:Jonah Jones
290:River Conwy
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83:Coordinates
76:North Wales
1044:Categories
966:Sarn Helen
818:Pen y Gaer
734:Waterfalls
659:Afon Dulyn
629:Afon Lledr
604:Afon Conwy
578:Tal-y-Cafn
573:Tal-y-bont
548:Llanddoged
533:Glan Conwy
528:Eglwysbach
394:References
154:Max. depth
934:Transport
772:Tal y Fan
725:Llyn Parc
715:Llyn Elsi
523:Dolgarrog
311:Hollyoaks
306:Council.
196:Craig Wen
188:Snowdonia
176:Carneddau
96:3°52′12″W
93:53°7′57″N
803:Canovium
684:Afon Roe
492:Llanrwst
272:Llanrwst
202:and the
192:Crimpiau
72:Location
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827:Bridges
583:Trefriw
518:Caerhun
333:Gallery
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208:Snowdon
563:Maenan
538:Henryd
300:Cornel
223:garlic
206:, and
182:. The
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703:Lakes
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497:Conwy
485:Towns
304:Scout
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