Wales · Eryri National Park

Arenig Fawr

HewittNuttallMarilynHuMPSimm

3 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Arenig Fawr, 854 m, Gwynedd
Arenig Fawr, 854 m, Gwynedd. Photo via its Commons file page, Public domain
Height
854 m · 2,802 ft
Grid reference
SH 82707 36951
Coordinates
52.91712, -3.74594
County / area
Gwynedd
OS Landranger
124 125
OS Explorer
OL18E
Summit feature
trig point
Key col
SH665522 (374 m)

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Permission needed everywhere.

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 52.917, -3.746. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (854 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
obvious summit
Record revised
23-Oct-23
Drop measured from
SH665522 · 374 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.

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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Arenig Fawr
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Arlwyo Allanol Nia CyfnodRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.9 km · E
Manon's Riverside CafeRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 57 km · NE
Gwersyll Yr Urdd - Glan LlynRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 57.6 km · SE

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 Arenig Fawr group

4 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Arenig Fawr as the independent hill at its head.

Listed summits in the Arenig Fawr prominence group
SummitHeightDrop
Arenig Fawr South Top837 m25 m
Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top714 m21 m
Moel Ymenyn550 m47 m
Foel Boeth541 m42 m

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.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Arenig Fawr South Top837 m0.3 km
Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top714 m1 km
Moel Llyfnant751 m2.6 km
Moel Ymenyn550 m2.6 km
Foel Boeth541 m3.2 km
Foel Ystrodur Fawr518 m3.2 km