Region 31A · Wales

Aberystwyth to Welshpool

One of the 96 hill-survey regions used by the Database of British & Irish Hills. Every hill we track in this region is listed below, tallest first — follow any name for its full record, live summit weather and daylight times.

Hills listed: 29
Highest hill: Pumlumon Fawr 752 m
Mean height: 566 m
Hewitts: 4
Nuttalls: 5
Marilyns: 5

Access rights in this region

Conditional Right to roam in Wales: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land —full Wales access guide.

This is the general position, not legal advice — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. See the country-by-country access guide, or query an exact grid reference with the access checker.

All 29 hills, tallest first

Hills in Aberystwyth to Welshpool, sorted by height descending
#	Hill	Height	Prominence	Classifications	Grid ref
1	Pumlumon Fawr	752 m	526 m	HewittNuttallHistoric County Top+5	SN789869
2	Pen Pumlumon Arwystli	741 m	64 m	HewittNuttallSimm	SN814877
3	Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan	727 m	36 m	HewittNuttallSimm	SN798871
4	Y Garn	684 m	56 m	HewittNuttallSimm	SN775851
5	Pumlumon Fach	664 m	18.8 m	Nuttall	SN787874
6	Clipyn Du	582 m	124 m	HuMPDewey	SN799931
7	Carn Hyddgen	566 m	52 m	Dewey	SN792908
8	Drybedd	566 m	64 m	Dewey	SN772833
9	Foel Uchaf	565 m	35 m	Dewey	SN802911
10	Foel Fadian	563.8 m	89 m	Dewey	SN828953
11	Banc Llechwedd-mawr	560 m	161 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SN775898
12	Banc Bugeilyn	551 m	74 m	Dewey	SN826924
13	Drosgol	550 m	193 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SN759878
14	Y Foel	546 m	80 m	Dewey	SN838842
15	Bryn y Fedwen	543.7 m	34.8 m	Dewey	SN840953
16	Llechwedd Hirgoed West Top	539 m	54.6 m	Dewey	SN813836
17	Llechwedd Hirgoed	538.4 m	59 m	Dewey	SN819832
18	Pen y Darren	529.4 m	105 m	HuMPDewey	SN764942
19	Foel Fras	528.7 m	67.6 m	Dewey	SN765926
20	Foel Grafiau	528.3 m	30.2 m	Dewey	SN765920
21	Carnedd Wen	523 m	231 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SH924099
22	Moel y Llyn	521 m	105 m	HuMPDewey	SN712916
23	Banc Bwlchygarreg	520.1 m	53 m	Dewey	SN729918
24	Banc Bwlchygarreg West Top	511 m	34 m	Dewey	SN717912
25	Disgwylfa Fawr	507 m	154 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SN737847
26	Pen Creigiau'r Llan	507 m	84 m	Dewey	SN745939
27	Esgair y Maesnant SE Top	506 m	31 m	Dewey	SN842856
28	Banc yr Wyn	503 m	76 m	Dewey	SN741902
29	Esgair Greolen	501.4 m	30.3 m	Dewey	SN835920

Hill data from the Database of British & Irish Hills v18.3 (CC BY 4.0). Prominence is the drop to the hill's key col; a dash means it is not recorded in our dataset.

Browse the other survey areas on the regions hub, check what you can do at a specific spot with the access checker, and read oursafety notes before heading up — hill days here can outlast daylight, especially in winter.