Wales · Eryri National Park

Mynydd Rhyd-galed · Tarrenhendre East Top

Mynydd Rhyd-galed, 502 m, Gwynedd
Mynydd Rhyd-galed, 502 m, Gwynedd. Photo by Gabby77 (talk), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Height
502 m · 1,647 ft
Grid reference
SH 69909 04335
Coordinates
52.62113, -3.92321
County / area
Gwynedd
OS Landranger
135
OS Explorer
OL23W
Summit feature
no feature
Key col
SH693039 (443 m)

About Mynydd Rhyd-galed

Mynydd Rhyd-galed, also listed as Tarrenhendre East Top, is a 502-metre summit in Gwynedd, within Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park. It is an eastern top of Tarrenhendre, a mountain in Snowdonia that is counted among the Marilyns of the Cadair Idris group.

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

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 52.621, -3.923. 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).

Reaching Mynydd Rhyd-galed by train

2 National Rail stations sit within 8 km of the summit — close enough to make a car-free day of it. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

StationFrom summitSummit lies
Machynlleth5.5 kmNW of the station
Dovey Junction6.3 kmN of the station

Each station page lists every hill in its reach, long-distance paths from the door and a live-times link — see all stations with hills in reach. Station positions from NaPTAN (OGL v3.0).

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 Mynydd Rhyd-galed
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Y CaffiRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.3 km · NW
The Railway InnPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 53.4 km · NW
Quarryman'S TearoomsRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 53.5 km · NW

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

Mynydd Rhyd-galed is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Tarrenhendre (634 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 443 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
Tarrenhendre634 m1.6 km
Tarren y Gesail666.9 m1.9 km
Mynydd Braich-goch597 m4.2 km
Graig Goch586 m4.4 km
Tarren Cwm-ffernol551 m4.4 km
Pen Trum-gwr512.6 m5 km