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Creigiau Gleision North Top

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Creigiau Gleision North Top, 632 m, Conwy
Creigiau Gleision North Top, 632 m, Conwy. Photo by BrianP, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
631.8 m · 2,073 ft
Grid reference
SH 73370 62251
Coordinates
53.14230, -3.89466
County / area
Conwy
Region
Snowdonia
OS Landranger
115
OS Explorer
OL17E
Summit feature
ground about 5m S of small cairn
Key col
SH 7324 6211 (595.9 m)

About Creigiau Gleision North Top

Creigiau Gleision North Top caps the northern end of the Creigiau Gleision ridge in Eryri, near Capel Curig, and is a significant top on that crest rather than a hill standing alone.

Carnedd Llewelyn is better seen from here than from the main Creigiau Gleision summit, because Pen Llithrig y Wrach obscures less of it. The top reaches nearly 632 m and is a Hewitt, Nuttall and Simm.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Creigiau Gleision North Top (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 53.142, -3.895. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

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

Reaching Creigiau Gleision North Top 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
North Llanrwst6.1 kmW of the station
Llanrwst6.7 kmW of the station
Dolgarrog6.9 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 Creigiau Gleision North Top
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Bryn Tyrch Inn/Bryn at CapelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 54.5 km · S
Caffi SiabodRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 54.5 km · S
The Fairy Falls HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house4 out of 54.8 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

Creigiau Gleision North Top is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Creigiau Gleision (676 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 596 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
Creigiau Gleision675.9 m0.8 km
Craiglwyn621.9 m1.4 km
Pen Llithrig y Wrach798.6 m1.7 km
Craig Wen546.3 m2 km
Cefn Cyfarwydd501.7 m2 km
Pen yr Helgi Du832.6 m3.7 km