Moel Hywel
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
- 505 m · 1,657 ft
- Prominence
- 133 m
- Grid reference
- SO 00287 71280
- Coordinates
- 52.33049, -3.46474
- County / area
- Powys
- Region
- Welshpool to Hay-on-Wye
- OS Landranger
- 136 147
- OS Explorer
- 200E 214E
- Summit feature
- trig point
- Key col
- SO014719 (372 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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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 52.330, -3.465. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (505 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit
- Record revised
- 23-Oct-23
- Drop measured from
- SO014719 · 372 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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plough & Harrow | Pub/bar/nightclub | 4 out of 5 | 1.8 km · E |
| Three Horseshoes Inn | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 1.8 km · E |
| Brecon Leisure Centre | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 1.8 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
Moel Hywel is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Pegwn Mawr (586 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 372 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Camlo Hill | 509 m | 3.7 km |
| Moelfryn | 522 m | 6.7 km |
| Penrhiw-wen | 510.1 m | 7.8 km |
| Esgair Penygarreg | 532.6 m | 8 km |
| Brondre-fawr Hill | 508 m | 8 km |
| Crugyn Llwyd | 571 m | 8.6 km |