Region 30D · Wales

Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala

One of the 95 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
25
Highest hill
Arenig Fawr 854 m
Mean height
685 m
Hewitts
18
Nuttalls
25
Marilyns
12

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 25 hills, tallest first

Hills in Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala, sorted by height descending
# Hill Height Prominence Classifications Grid ref
1 Arenig Fawr 854 m 480 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH827369
2 Arenig Fawr South Top 837 m 25 m Nuttall SH826366
3 Y Llethr 756 m 561 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH661257
4 Moel Llyfnant 751 m 210 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH808351
5 Diffwys 750.4 m 147.6 m HewittNuttallHuMP +1 SH661234
6 Rhobell Fawr 734 m 303.7 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH786256
7 Rhinog Fawr 720 m 366 m HewittNuttallTrail 100 +3 SH656290
8 Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top 714 m 21 m Nuttall SH827359
9 Rhinog Fach 711.6 m 151 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH664270
10 Arenig Fach 688.8 m 297.6 m HewittNuttallTrail 100 +3 SH820415
11 Crib-y-rhiw 681.2 m 29 m Nuttall SH663248
12 Carnedd y Filiast 669 m 316 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH871445
13 Dduallt 662.8 m 139.6 m HewittNuttallHuMP +1 SH810273
14 Manod Mawr 661 m 265 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH724446
15 Manod Mawr North Top 658 m 65 m HewittNuttallSimm SH727458
16 Waun Garnedd-y-Filiast 650.9 m 15.1 m Nuttall SH874452
17 Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn 644.1 m 25.5 m Nuttall SH857444
18 Diffwys West Top 643.1 m 21.7 m Nuttall SH648229
19 Y Garn 629 m 317 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH702230
20 Moel Penamnen 628.3 m 138 m HewittNuttallHuMP +1 SH716483
21 Moel Ysgyfarnogod 623 m 182 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH658345
22 Gallt y Daren 619.4 m 113 m HewittNuttallHuMP +1 SH778344
23 Foel Boeth 615.4 m 16.8 m Nuttall SH779342
24 Foel Penolau 614.4 m 31.9 m HewittNuttallSimm SH661348
25 Foel Goch 611 m 274 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH953422

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.


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