Pen Llithrig y Wrach

About Pen Llithrig y Wrach

Pen Llithrig y Wrach carries one of the more memorable names in the British hills, rendered as the slippery peak of the witch. The explanation may lie in boggy ground underfoot, or in the summit's pointed profile recalling a witch's hat.

An outlier of the Carneddau, it is one of four Marilyns in that range. Creigiau Gleision, another Marilyn, lies east; Pen yr Helgi Du and Carnedd Llewelyn lie west, and the higher Carneddau summits are reached that way. The eastern flank drops sharply to Llyn Cowlyd. Craig Eigiau and Llyn Eigiau fill the view north, with Gallt yr Ogof, Glyder Fach and Tryfan to the south. Approaches come from Capel Curig or the A5 in the south, or from Dolgarrog and Tal-y-bont in the Conwy valley.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Pen Llithrig y Wrach (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 53.142, -3.921. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

obvious summit/Trimble GeoXH 6000

Record revised

12-Sep-15

Drop measured from

SH 7095 6263 · 618.3 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.

Reaching Pen Llithrig y Wrach by train

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

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).

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 Pen Llithrig y Wrach group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Pen Llithrig y Wrach 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