Wales · Eryri National Park

Moel yr Wden · Bwlch y Bi

Height
572.2 m · 1,877 ft
Grid reference
SH 78016 35622
Coordinates
52.90413, -3.81517
County / area
Gwynedd
OS Landranger
124
OS Explorer
OL18E OL23E
Summit feature
ground by cairn
Key col
SH 77981 35395 (538.1 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 52.904, -3.815. 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

Surveyor's note

drop surveyed as 34.1m.

The recorded summit point is ground by cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica NA730/Leica 530
Record revised
08-Jun-09
Drop measured from
SH 77981 35395 · 538.1 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 yr Wden
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Yr YsgwrnRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 55.8 km · W
Cafe Coed - Trawsfynydd Leisure VillageRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 57.4 km · SW
Arlwyo Allanol Nia CyfnodRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 58.3 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 yr Wden is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Moel Llyfnant (751 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 538 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
Gallt y Daren619.4 m1.2 km
Foel Boeth615.4 m1.4 km
Moel Llyfnant751 m2.8 km
Moel y Feidiog577.6 m3.2 km
Foel Ystrodur Fawr518 m3.8 km
Moel Oernant502.8 m4.1 km