Wales

Moel Farlwyd

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
575.7 m · 1,889 ft
Prominence
101.4 m
Grid reference
SH 70741 48646
Coordinates
53.01944, -3.92847
County / area
Conwy
OS Landranger
115
OS Explorer
OL18E
Summit feature
vegetated rocky rib next to cairn
Key col
SH 7114 4871 (474.3 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 53.019, -3.928. 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).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is vegetated rocky rib next to cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica NA730/Leica GS15
Record revised
09-Feb-20
Drop measured from
SH 7114 4871 · 474.3 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.

Reaching Moel Farlwyd 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
Blaenau Ffestiniog2.8 kmN of the station
Roman Bridge2.8 kmS of the station
Dolwyddelan4.6 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 Moel Farlwyd
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Zip World Llechwedd CaffiRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 51.6 km · SW
Caffi Bont / The Bridge CafeRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 52.7 km · S
Royal Welch Comrades Association ClubPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 52.8 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

Moel Farlwyd is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Manod Mawr (661 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 474 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
Moel Penamnen628.3 m0.9 km
Moel Dyrnogydd524 m1.3 km
Foel-fras586 m2.1 km
Allt-fawr697.9 m2.8 km
Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran554 m3.1 km
Manod Mawr North Top658 m3.4 km