Two much-loved Cardiff reservoirs are finally to fully reopen to the public for the first time in 20 years after being restored by Welsh Water. Llanishen and Lisvane reservoirs are full again after being drained during a long-running planning battle over proposals to build hundreds of homes on the site.
Welsh Water, which bought the site in 2016 to safeguard it for the future, said it plans to open its new visitor centre at the reservoirs in the coming weeks. The visitor centre will again allow people to take part in a range of water sport activities at the site.
Llanishen reservoir, in the north of Cardiff, was once a popular sailing, fishing and walking spot. Olympic sailor Hannah Mills was one of the many people who first learned to sail at the site. However the site was fenced off and ultimately drained by American-owned power giant Western Power Distribution as it repeatedly tried and failed to get planning permission for 300 homes at the site.
