Wales: The Hidden Landscapes Britain Doesn't Want You to Know

Somewhere beneath the still water of a Welsh reservoir, a chapel still stands with its doors shut. A village once stood in this valley, and its last residents didn't leave because the land failed them. They left because a city needed somewhere to put its water. In the early 1960s, a small Welsh-speaking farming community in the Tryweryn valley was legally erased from the map to build a reservoir for a city more than seventy miles away — a decision made without the consent of a single Welsh representative in Parliament. This is the story of Capel Celyn: the chapel, the school, the twelve farmhouses, and the quiet act of defiance that followed, one that still shapes how Wales sees itself today. 00:00 Prologue: The Valley Beneath the Water 02:50 Act I: The Cradle of Tryweryn 05:09 Act II: The Rhythms of Capel Celyn 07:47 Act III: The Bill from Liverpool 17:10 Act IV: The Silent Exodus 11:25 Act V: The Last Service 13:36 Act VI: Reclaimed by the Water 15:30 Epilogue: What the Drought Reveals #wales #documentary #history #forgottenplaces #themap