Wales

Banc Llechwedd-mawr

DeweyMarilynHuMP

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

Height
560 m · 1,837 ft
Grid reference
SN 77544 89844
Coordinates
52.49269, -3.80513
County / area
Powys
OS Landranger
135
OS Explorer
213
Summit feature
ancient cairn
Key col
SN783920 (399 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 52.493, -3.805. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (560 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

shelter 35m N is lower.

The recorded summit point is ancient cairn. 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
28-Oct-01
Drop measured from
SN783920 · 399 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

2 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 Banc Llechwedd-mawr
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
The Star InnPub/bar/nightclub4 out of 59.7 km · NE
The George Borrow HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 59.8 km · S

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 Banc Llechwedd-mawr group

8 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Banc Llechwedd-mawr as the independent hill at its head.

Listed summits in the Banc Llechwedd-mawr prominence group
SummitHeightDrop
Pen y Darren529 m105 m
Foel Fras529 m68 m
Foel Grafiau528 m30 m
Moel y Llyn521 m105 m
Banc Bwlchygarreg520 m53 m
Banc Bwlchygarreg West Top511 m34 m
Pen Creigiau'r Llan507 m84 m
Banc yr Wyn503 m76 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
Carn Hyddgen566 m2 km
Foel Grafiau528.3 m2.4 km
Drosgol550 m2.5 km
Pumlumon Fach664 m2.7 km
Foel Fras528.7 m2.9 km
Foel Uchaf565 m3 km