
- Height
- 659 m · 2,162 ft
- Prominence
- 15.5 m
- Grid reference
- SH 98852 29006
- Coordinates
- 52.84900, -3.50344
- County / area
- Gwynedd
- Region
- Bala to Welshpool
- OS Landranger
- 125
- OS Explorer
- 255
- Summit feature
- ground 3m S of pole
- Key col
- SH 9882 2876 (643.5 m)
About Y Groes Fagl
Y Groes Fagl belongs to the Hirnantau, the section of the Berwyn range in north-east Wales, and is counted as a top of Cyrniau Nod. The Snowdonia National Park boundary runs just east of the summit.
The character here is flat, featureless moorland. The view opens out a long way in every direction but has little to fix on, and the summit itself is identified only by a post. Northwards the ridge carries on towards Foel Cwm Sian Llwyd.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Y Groes Fagl (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
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
- Sunrise
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- Sunset
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- Daylight
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 52.849, -3.503. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (659 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
ground 20m N and 20m S about 30cm lower.
The recorded summit point is ground 3m S of pole. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica NA730/Trimble GeoXH 6000
- Record revised
- 17-Jul-14
- Drop measured from
- SH 9882 2876 · 643.5 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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caffi Tanat | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 7.1 km · SE |
| Palé Hall Hotel & Restaurant | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 5 out of 5 | 7.1 km · N |
| The Bala Lake Hotel & Activity Base | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 5 out of 5 | 8.2 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 Groes Fagl is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Foel Cedig (668 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 644 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Foel Cedig | 667.5 m | 1 km |
| Stac Rhos | 629.8 m | 2.2 km |
| Foel Cwm-Sian Llwyd | 648 m | 2.5 km |
| Cefn Gwyntog | 614 m | 2.6 km |
| Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw | 644.2 m | 2.7 km |
| Moel Cae-howel | 508 m | 4.2 km |