Whether you have a business on the shores of the lake, enjoy swimming in the lagoons, catching fish, walking your dog round the lake path, or you simply drive past it everyday, all of us who live, work or holiday in the Llanberis valley have a link to Llyn Padarn.
Don’t miss our Llyn Padarn Float Away Day, 11am-4pm, Saturday 18th July 2015
Mid-season results show excellent water quality for Wales’s first designated bathing lake
Natural Resources Wales Press Release – 18/7/2014 As the half way point in the bathing water season arrives, Llyn Padarn, Wales’s first designated freshwater bathing lake is scoring top results and proving to have excellent water quality. Samples collected every…
Sign the Loving Our Lake Pledge for a chance to win a years supply of Ecover’s phosphate free dishwasher tablets!
Pop into the Caban, Brynrefail over the next couple of weeks to sign up to the Loving Our Lake pledge for a chance to win a years supply of Ecover’s phosphate free dishwasher tablets! The pledge to love our lake: 1. I am changing to ecologically friendly…
Press release – Local children learn how and why they should love Llyn Padarn
11th June 2014 On Thursday and Friday of last week 173 children from local schools took part in the Llyn Padarn Biodiversity Show in the Canolfan, Llanberis. The children got stuck in with a busy day of science and engineering based activities to learn more about the…
Llyn Padarn Biodiversity Show – 7 June 2014
The ‘Loving our Lake’ project team is inviting families, residents, businesses and Llyn Padarn supporters in the Llanberis area to come to the ‘Llyn Padarn Biodiversity Show’ on Saturday, 7 June 2014. This free event, to be held at the Canolfan, Llanberis, between 10.30am and 2.30pm, has hands-on activities for all the family.
Llyn Padarn Biodiversity Show – 7 June 2014
The ‘Loving our Lake’ project team is inviting families, residents, businesses and Llyn Padarn supporters in the Llanberis area to come to the ‘Llyn Padarn Biodiversity Show’ on Saturday, 7 June 2014. This free event, to be held at the Canolfan, Llanberis, between 10.30am and 2.30pm, has hands-on activities for all the family.
Fantastic news! Llyn Padarn designated as a Bathing Water for 2014 bathing season
A big thank you to everyone who responded to the Welsh Government consultation. This means Natural Resources Wales is required to produce a detailed profile and monitoring programme for the lake. Bathing water profiles set out bathing water quality compliance results…
Help us gain bathing water recognition for Llyn Padarn
Maintaining good water quality in Llyn Padarn is essential to protect the health and well-being of the local residents and visitors who swim and paddle on the lake. We believe that achieving Bathing Waters designation for Llyn Padarn under the Bathing Water Directive…
Returning the Arctic Charr
Remember back in December 2012 we covered the collection of Padarn Arctic charr eggs and sperm (milt)? The fish were caught at their spawning beds in the Afon y Bala, at the top of the lake and the fertilised eggs taken to the Mawddach hatchery near Dolgellau. After…
Where does all the water go?
When you flush the toilet, pour water in your sink or empty the bath, the water obviously goes somewhere…..but do you know where and what happens to it? Last week the Loving our Lake team sent out copies of ‘Looking after your septic tank: A guide and logbook…
Loving OUR Lake
Whether you have a business on the shores of the lake, enjoy swimming in the lagoons, catching fish, walking your dog, or you simply drive past it everyday, all of us who live, work or holiday in the Llanberis valley have a link to Llyn Padarn. To help protect the lake for the future, we can all make some simple changes to our day-to-day activities that will reduce the input of harmful nutrients.
Septic Tank Guide & Logbook
Download a free pdf of ‘Looking After your septic tank: a guide and logbook for householders’ downloaded here.
Don’t Ignore It, Report It!
To report an environmental incident please call NRW incident hotline on 0300 065 3000 (24 hours a day). NRW website has further details on what kind of incidents to report and you can report online at: Report a problem
See It. Report It. Stop It
If you see sewage pollution please call the Dŵr Cymru hotline as soon as possible on 0800 085 3968. The contact centre is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Calls are FREE from a BT landline. You can also report pollution online at: Report an issue
Loving our Lake Pledge
We are encouraging local businesses to take the loving our lake pledge to commit to ensuring that their activities do not knowingly harm the lake. Click here to see who has taken the pledge.