Wales

Llechwedd Ddu · Carnbwlchcloddiau

Height
559 m · 1,834 ft
Grid reference
SN 85384 78691
Coordinates
52.39417, -3.68588
County / area
Powys
OS Landranger
135 136 147
OS Explorer
214W
Summit feature
trig point in shelter in clearing
Key col
SN853797 (518 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 52.394, -3.686. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (559 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

appears to be highest point but trees obscure view.

The recorded summit point is trig point in shelter in clearing. 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
SN853797 · 518 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

2 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 Llechwedd Ddu
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Blue Bell InnPub/bar/nightclub3 out of 55.6 km · E
The Village Tea Room & CraftsRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 55.6 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

Llechwedd Ddu is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Pen y Garn (611 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 518 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
Cerrig Gwaun-y-llan538 m1.4 km
Bryn Du562 m1.6 km
Esgair Ganol526 m3 km
Cefn Croes573 m4.7 km
Pen Lan-fawr526 m5.3 km
Pen y Garn611 m5.7 km