Wales · Eryri National Park

Tarren Cwm-ffernol

Height
551 m · 1,808 ft
Grid reference
SH 65940 02374
Coordinates
52.60254, -3.98101
County / area
Gwynedd
OS Landranger
135
OS Explorer
OL23W
Summit feature
cairn with memorial plaques
Key col
SH675026 (487 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 52.603, -3.981. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (551 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground 12m NNW on far side of fence at SH 65932 02387 is c 5cm lower.

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

Survey method
Abney level/KR 2x Hand Level
Record revised
10-Dec-12
Drop measured from
SH675026 · 487 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 Tarren Cwm-ffernol 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.

StationFrom summitSummit lies
Dovey Junction5.7 kmNW 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 Tarren Cwm-ffernol
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Cambrian SportingRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenAwaiting inspection3.6 km · SE
Quarryman'S TearoomsRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 54.1 km · N
Cig Oen MaethlonTakeaway/sandwich shop5 out of 54.8 km · SW

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

Tarren Cwm-ffernol 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, 487 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
Pen Trum-gwr512.6 m1 km
Tarrenhendre634 m2.9 km
Mynydd Rhyd-galed502 m4.4 km
Tarren y Gesail666.9 m6.2 km
Esgair Berfa507 m7.5 km
Graig Goch586 m8.2 km