Tarrenhendre

About Tarrenhendre

Tarrenhendre lies in the southern part of Eryri, between Dolgellau and Machynlleth, and is counted among the Marilyns of the Cadair Idris group. At 634 m it also qualifies as a Hewitt, Nuttall and Simm. The Wikipedia intro says little more than this, so the entry stays brief.

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

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 52.619, -3.947. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

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

Record revised

10-Dec-12

Drop measured from

SH703046 · 431 m

Classification history: B&L gives GR of cairn SH683039.

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 Tarrenhendre 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.

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 Tarrenhendre group

3 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Tarrenhendre 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