- Height
- 547.1 m · 1,795 ft
- Prominence
- 58.8 m
- Grid reference
- SJ 18492 47534
- Coordinates
- 53.01886, -3.21654
- County / area
- Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych]
- Region
- Llandudno to Wrexham
- OS Landranger
- 116
- OS Explorer
- 256
- Summit feature
- mound by main path on S side
- Key col
- SJ180472 (488.3 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
- Sunrise
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- Sunset
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- Daylight
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 53.019, -3.217. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (547 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
rise 20m E at SJ 18514 47536 is 10cm lower.
The recorded summit point is mound by main path on S side. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica NA730/Trimble GeoXH 6000
- Record revised
- 30-Oct-14
- Drop measured from
- SJ180472 · 488.3 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britannia Inn | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 2.6 km · SE |
| Abbey Grange Hotel | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 3.7 km · SE |
| The Udders Arms and Shop | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 3.7 km · SE |
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 y Faen is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Moel y Gamelin (577 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 488 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moel y Gamelin | 576.9 m | 1.3 km |
| Moel y Gaer | 503.5 m | 2.1 km |
| Cyrn-y-Brain | 564.6 m | 2.7 km |
| Moel Morfydd | 549.6 m | 3.1 km |
| Eglwyseg Mountain | 512.1 m | 4.8 km |
| Vivod Mountain | 559 m | 7.7 km |