Werfa · Mynydd Llangeinwyr

About Werfa

Werfa is the summit of Mynydd Llangeinwyr, the highest hill in the county borough of Bridgend in the South Wales coalfield. The hill runs as a long ridge from north to south, with the valley of Cwm Garw on its western side and Cwm Ogwr Fawr on its eastern, and its highest point, a flat dome at 568 metres, carries a trig point and prominent masts.

A secondary trig point stands at a height of 530 metres near the ancient cairn of Carn-yr-hyrddod, and the hill takes its name from the village of Llangeinor beneath its southern end.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Mynydd Llangeinwyr (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 51.641, -3.573. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Reaching Werfa by train

3 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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Werfa is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Craig y Llyn (600 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 480 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