Best wild swimming spots in the UK revealed
The waterfall hides just north of Pen y Fan, offering a visual delight for wild swimmers keen to embrace nature in all its diversity.
With 192,000 Instagram hashtags, this well-captured part of the Welsh countryside offers more than just peaks and troughs, but falls and plunges too
Top spot was claimed by Loch Lomond in the Trossachs National Park in southern Scotland with 623,000 hashtags.
That was 12 per cent more than its closest rival, Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands with 556,000 hashtags.
Bolton Abbey in Skipton, North Yorkshire, secured the fourth spot with 93,300 hashtags, while Fairy Glen rounded off the top five with 61,400 hashtags.
The study, by football ticket marketplace LiveFootballTickets, provided insights into the nation's favourite wild swimming locations, as determined by their popularity on social media.
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