Wales

Moel Hywel

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
505 m · 1,657 ft
Grid reference
SO 00287 71280
Coordinates
52.33049, -3.46474
County / area
Powys
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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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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Moel Hywel
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Plough & HarrowPub/bar/nightclub4 out of 51.8 km · E
Three Horseshoes InnPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 51.8 km · E
Brecon Leisure CentreRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 51.8 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

PeakHeightDistance
Camlo Hill509 m3.7 km
Moelfryn522 m6.7 km
Penrhiw-wen510.1 m7.8 km
Esgair Penygarreg532.6 m8 km
Brondre-fawr Hill508 m8 km
Crugyn Llwyd571 m8.6 km