Wales · Eryri National Park

Y Ro Wen

DeweyHuMP

One classification here — HuMP — belongs to a list OpenFell holds only part of, so it has no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
598.6 m · 1,964 ft
Prominence
120.7 m
Grid reference
SH 74588 50017
Coordinates
53.03267, -3.87169
County / area
Conwy
OS Landranger
115
OS Explorer
OL18E
Summit feature
small cairn
Key col
SH 7392 4808 (477.8 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 53.033, -3.872. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (599 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground 10m SW is 0.2m lower ; windshelter 150m S at SH 74590 49870 is about 0.5m lower.

The recorded summit point is small cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level/Leica RX1250
Record revised
13-Dec-17
Drop measured from
SH 7392 4808 · 477.8 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 Ro Wen 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.

StationFrom summitSummit lies
Dolwyddelan2.3 kmSE of the station
Roman Bridge3.6 kmE of the station
Pont-y-Pant3.7 kmS 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 Ro Wen
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Y Gwydyr Hotel DolwyddelanPub/bar/nightclub5 out of 52.6 km · NW
Zip World Llechwedd CaffiRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen5 out of 55.5 km · SW
Taste GardenTakeaway/sandwich shop4 out of 55.9 km · SW

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 Ro Wen 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, 478 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
Foel-fras586 m2.6 km
Moel Penamnen628.3 m3.4 km
Moel Farlwyd575.7 m4.1 km
Manod Mawr North Top658 m4.6 km
Pen y Bedw East Top527.8 m4.8 km
Moel Dyrnogydd524 m5.1 km