Wales

Banc yr Wyn

Height
503 m · 1,650 ft
Grid reference
SN 74196 90204
Coordinates
52.49517, -3.85455
County / area
Cardiganshire [Ceredigion]
OS Landranger
135
OS Explorer
OL23W
Summit feature
no feature
Key col
SN740908 (427 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 52.495, -3.855. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (503 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground 60m S at SN 74191 90149 is c 15cm lower.

The recorded summit point is no feature. 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
30-Jun-07
Drop measured from
SN740908 · 427 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 Banc yr Wyn
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
The wildfowler innPub/bar/nightclub3 out of 58.4 km · W
White LionPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 58.7 km · W
Black Lion InnPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 59.1 km · N

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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Banc yr Wyn is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Banc Llechwedd-mawr (560 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 427 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
Banc Bwlchygarreg520.1 m2 km
Banc Bwlchygarreg West Top511 m2.7 km
Drosgol550 m2.9 km
Foel Grafiau528.3 m3 km
Moel y Llyn521 m3.3 km
Banc Llechwedd-mawr560 m3.4 km