Wales

Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran · Y Blaen Llym

Height
554 m · 1,818 ft
Grid reference
SH 68530 46413
Coordinates
52.99884, -3.96050
County / area
Gwynedd
Region
Snowdonia
OS Landranger
115
OS Explorer
OL17W
Summit feature
rock partially covered with grass
Key col
SH 68343 46613 (524 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 52.999, -3.961. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (554 m)…

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

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is rock partially covered with grass. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica NA730
Record revised
26-Aug-10
Drop measured from
SH 68343 46613 · 524 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.

Reaching Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran 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.

StationFrom summitSummit lies
Blaenau Ffestiniog1.5 kmW of the station
Roman Bridge5.7 kmSW of the station
Dolwyddelan7.8 kmSW of the station

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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Kings HeadPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 50.9 km · E
Clwb Rygbi Bro Ffestiniog RugbyRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 51.2 km · E
Royal Welch Comrades Association ClubPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 51.4 km · E

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

Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Allt-fawr (698 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 524 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
Allt-fawr697.9 m1.1 km
Moel-yr-hydd648 m1.6 km
Moel Druman676 m1.8 km
Ysgafell Wen672.2 m2.5 km
Moel Dyrnogydd524 m2.9 km
Ysgafell Wen North Top669.4 m3 km