Allt-fawr

About Allt-fawr

Allt-fawr belongs to the Moelwynion and sits on the internal boundary of the national park, looking down on Blaenau Ffestiniog and its slate quarries, on Llyn Ystradau and on Ffestiniog Power Station at Tanygrisiau.

Slate defines the hill inside as well as out. Oakeley Quarry, the world's largest underground slate mine, lies on the northern slope, and the large Cwmorthin Quarry on the southern. The two are connected beneath the summit, and collapsed workings have left chambering and adits showing at the surface. From 1974 to 1997 the Gloddfa Ganol tourist attraction ran within Oakeley Quarry on the south side.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Allt-fawr (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

General position for Wales — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Wales ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 53.008, -3.966. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is rocky outcrop. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Abney level

Record revised

03-Jun-24

Drop measured from

SH 6651 4634 · 451.8 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Reaching Allt-fawr by train

3 National Rail stations sit within 8 km of the summit — close enough to make a car-free day of it. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

Each station page lists every hill in its reach, long-distance paths from the door and a live-times link — see all stations with hills in reach. Station positions from NaPTAN (OGL v3.0).

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

The Allt-fawr group

10 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Allt-fawr as the independent hill at its head.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

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