Wales · Eryri National Park

Y Garnedd

Height
552 m · 1,811 ft
Grid reference
SH 74202 43117
Coordinates
52.97059, -3.87475
County / area
Gwynedd
OS Landranger
124
OS Explorer
OL18W
Summit feature
ground by smaller of two adjacent cairns
Key col
SH747436 (475 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 52.971, -3.875. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (552 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

rocks 20m N are 20cm lower.

The recorded summit point is ground by smaller of two adjacent cairns. 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
23-Oct-23
Drop measured from
SH747436 · 475 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 Y Garnedd 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
Blaenau Ffestiniog5 kmSE 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 Y Garnedd
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Y Pengwern ArmsPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 54.3 km · W
Taste GardenTakeaway/sandwich shop4 out of 54.7 km · NW
Cell BRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 54.7 km · NW

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

Y Garnedd is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Manod Mawr (661 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 475 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
Y Garnedd North Top502 m1 km
Y Gamallt588 m1.8 km
Manod Mawr661 m2.3 km
Manod Mawr North Top658 m3.1 km
Manod Bach511 m3.2 km
Graig Wen555.6 m3.6 km