Wales

Llechwedd Hirgoed

Height
538.4 m · 1,766 ft
Grid reference
SN 81970 83294
Coordinates
52.43481, -3.73765
County / area
Powys
OS Landranger
135 136
OS Explorer
214W
Summit feature
no feature: grass and heather
Key col
SN 8175 8353 (479.4 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 52.435, -3.738. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (538 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground 130 SE at SN 82064 83206 is 1.9m lower.

The recorded summit point is no feature: grass and heather. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
KR 2x Hand Level/Abney level
Record revised
06-Apr-22
Drop measured from
SN 8175 8353 · 479.4 m

Classification history: hill name from Michael Dewey.

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 Llechwedd Hirgoed
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
The George Borrow HotelHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 58.3 km · W
The Silver Mountain ExperienceRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen4 out of 59.4 km · W
Red Kite Cafe & GrillRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen2 out of 59.4 km · W

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 Hirgoed is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Pumlumon Fawr (752 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 479 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
Llechwedd Hirgoed West Top539 m0.7 km
Cripiau South Top524.6 m1.8 km
Y Foel546 m2.1 km
Esgair y Maesnant SE Top506 m3.3 km
Cefn Croes573 m3.5 km
Y Glog574 m3.6 km