Pumlumon Fawr · Plynlimon

About Pumlumon Fawr

Pumlumon Fawr, or Plynlimon, is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains and of Mid Wales, and the high point of Ceredigion. It is a massif rather than a single hill, dominating the country around it, and its summit Pen Pumlumon Fawr reaches 752 m above ordnance datum.

Other tops in the group include Pen Pumlumon Arwystli, Y Garn, Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan and Pumlumon Fach, with Bryn yr Wyn, 'hill of the lambs', a former Dewey among the foothills. Three rivers rise here: the Severn, Britain's longest, along with the Wye and the Rheidol. Folklore places a sleeping giant within the mountain.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Plynlimon (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.

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Computed astronomically for 52.467, -3.783. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

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 Pumlumon Fawr group

16 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Pumlumon Fawr as the independent hill at its head.

Twelve highest shown, of 16 in the group.

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