# Swallow Falls

- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Type:** Cascade
- **Height:** 42 m
- **Location:** Conwy County Borough, Wales
- **Watercourse:** Through limestone hard rock
- **Photo Caption:** Swallow Falls near Betws-y-Coed

It has been suggested that this name was 'prompted by a desire to demonstrate W[elsh] linguistic ownership of a popular tourist attraction and a concern that Rhaeadr y Wennol would be perceived as a deferential translation of what came to be the better known name Swallow Falls'. The name, in its variant forms, is attested from the 1770s onwards.

![Photo of Swallow Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Swallow_falls.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)