Moel Llyfnant

About Moel Llyfnant

Moel Llyfnant belongs to the Arenig range in the southern part of Eryri, lying west of Arenig Fawr. Rocky outcrops break the summit area, and the small cairn marking the top sits on one of them.

Its one notable subsidiary is the twin-peaked Gallt y Daren at the end of the west ridge. The outlook takes in Arenig Fawr, with Rhobell Fawr and Dduallt to the south and Gallt y Daren and Foel Boeth to the west.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Moel Llyfnant (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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 52.901, -3.773. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is cairn on rocky outcrop. 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

SH816354 · 541 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).

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.

The Moel Llyfnant group

11 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Moel Llyfnant as the independent hill at its head.

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