Wales

Glascwm Hill

DeweyHuMP

One classification here — HuMP — belongs to a list OpenFell holds only part of, so it has no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
522 m · 1,713 ft
Grid reference
SO 16979 52515
Coordinates
52.16460, -3.21523
County / area
Powys
OS Landranger
148
OS Explorer
188 200E
Summit feature
a few stones in heather
Key col
SO166534 (392 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 52.165, -3.215. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (522 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

all other ground is lower.

The recorded summit point is a few stones in heather. 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
10-Mar-07
Drop measured from
SO166534 · 392 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 Glascwm Hill
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Rhosgoch Golf ClubPub/bar/nightclub3 out of 55.2 km · S
Hundred House InnPub/bar/nightclub3 out of 56 km · W
Roast Ox InnPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 56.2 km · S

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

Glascwm Hill is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Gwaunceste Hill (542 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 392 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
Red Hill509.5 m2.7 km
Gwaunceste Hill542.1 m3.2 km
Llanfihangel Hill532.2 m3.8 km
Nyth-grug538 m8.2 km
Whimble598.8 m10.7 km
Great Rhos660 m11.4 km