Tor y Foel

About Tor y Foel

Tor y Foel is a 551-metre hill in the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park in Powys, Wales, rising on the eastern flank of Talybont Reservoir. A small cairn marks the summit, from which there are wide panoramic views over the Usk valley, across to the Black Mountains and westwards to the Brecon Beacons.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Tor y Foel (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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Daylight

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Civil twilight ends

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Computed astronomically for 51.867, -3.287. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is ground 3m N of flattened cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Abney level

Record revised

10-Dec-12

Drop measured from

SO102177 · 394 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.

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.

Nearest listed peaks