In 1965, despite huge protests, the Welsh speaking village of Capel Celyn near Bala was drowned under the newly formed Tryweryn reservoir in order to provide a new water supply for Liverpool. Includes ...

Capel Celyn was flooded over 50 years ago to construct a reservoir supplying drinking water to Liverpool and Wirral. A chapel was built on the site in 1965 to remember the families forced to move ...

This village and the surrounding valley was drowned by Liverpool City Council ... despite widespread protests in Wales at the time. Before drowning Capel Celyn, the buildings were bulldozed ...

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In 1965, despite huge protests, the Welsh speaking village of Capel Celyn near Bala was drowned under the newly formed Tryweryn reservoir in order to provide a new water supply for Liverpool.