
- Height
- 532 m · 1,745 ft
- Prominence
- 70 m
- Grid reference
- SJ 05486 27120
- Coordinates
- 52.83326, -3.40442
- County / area
- Powys
- Region
- Bala to Welshpool
- 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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- Civil twilight ends
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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
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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caffi Tanat | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 1 km · S |
| Dragons | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Exempt from rating | 6.9 km · E |
| Wynnstay Arms Hotel | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 4 out of 5 | 7 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Post Gwyn | 665 m | 2.4 km |
| Glan-hafon | 607.8 m | 2.6 km |
| Carnedd Das Eithin | 521 m | 3.3 km |
| Ffordd Gefn | 539 m | 3.7 km |
| Moel Sych | 826.7 m | 4.9 km |
| Moel yr Ewig | 694.7 m | 5.3 km |