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Can I swim at Llanishen Reservoir?

Cardiff, Wales · Lake

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About this bathing water

Rating for last season
Excellent (2025)
Water
Lake
Area
Cardiff, Wales
Monitored outfalls within 5km
12 (nearest 2.4km)
Affected by heavy rain
Yes, per the regulator

Llanishen Reservoir was rated Excellent for 2025 — the highest of the four grades in the Bathing Water Regulations. That grade comes from bacterial samples taken over several seasons, so it describes the beach's record rather than the water on any given day.

Natural Resources Wales issues a daily pollution risk forecast during the bathing season, and Dŵr Cymru publishes live storm overflow status.

The regulator records this as a bathing water whose quality can be affected by heavy rain, which is why rainfall in the last 24 hours is shown above.

Other beaches nearby

Penarth Beachthe Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · 11.0 km awayJackson's Bay Barry Islandthe Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · 16.8 km awayWhitmore Bay Barry Islandthe Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · 17.3 km awayWatch House Baythe Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · 17.7 km awayCold Knap Barrythe Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · 17.9 km awayFontygary Baythe Vale of Glamorgan, Wales · 21.1 km away

Check the official source

Llanishen Reservoir's official page at Natural Resources Wales · See it on a map

This page is not official. It reads published data and presents it plainly; if a sign at the beach says otherwise, believe the sign.