Wales

Craig Rhiwarth

Craig Rhiwarth, 532 m, Powys
Craig Rhiwarth, 532 m, Powys. Photo by David White, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
532 m · 1,745 ft
Grid reference
SJ 05486 27120
Coordinates
52.83326, -3.40442
County / area
Powys
OS Landranger
125
OS Explorer
239 255
Summit feature
no feature: 25m N of cairn
Key col
SJ055275 (462 m)

About Craig Rhiwarth

Craig Rhiwarth is a mountain of the Berwyn range in Powys, Wales — formerly in Montgomeryshire — overlooking the village of Llangynog to its south. An Iron Age hillfort occupies the summit, and remains of slate quarrying survive on the southern slopes.

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

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 52.833, -3.404. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (532 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

cairn is at SJ 05491 27095.

The recorded summit point is no feature: 25m N of cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Record revised
10-Dec-12
Drop measured from
SJ055275 · 462 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 Craig Rhiwarth
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Caffi TanatRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 51 km · S
DragonsRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenExempt from rating6.9 km · E
Wynnstay Arms HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house4 out of 57 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 Rhiwarth is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Cadair Berwyn (832 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 462 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
Post Gwyn665 m2.4 km
Glan-hafon607.8 m2.6 km
Carnedd Das Eithin521 m3.3 km
Ffordd Gefn539 m3.7 km
Moel Sych826.7 m4.9 km
Moel yr Ewig694.7 m5.3 km