Region 30D · Wales

Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala

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
72
Highest hill
Arenig Fawr 854 m
Mean height
592 m
Hewitts
18
Nuttalls
25
Marilyns
14

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 72 hills, tallest first

Hills in Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala, sorted by height descending
#HillHeightProminenceClassificationsGrid ref
1Arenig Fawr854 m480 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH827369
2Arenig Fawr South Top837 m25 mNuttallSH826366
3Y Llethr756 m561 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH661257
4Moel Llyfnant751 m210 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH808351
5Diffwys750.4 m147.6 mHewittNuttallHuMP+1SH661234
6Rhobell Fawr734 m303.7 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH786256
7Rhinog Fawr720 m366 mHewittNuttallTrail 100+3SH656290
8Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top714 m21 mNuttallSH827359
9Rhinog Fach711.6 m151 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH664270
10Arenig Fach688.8 m297.6 mHewittNuttallTrail 100+3SH820415
11Crib-y-rhiw681.2 m29 mNuttallSH663248
12Carnedd y Filiast669 m316 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH871445
13Dduallt662.8 m139.6 mHewittNuttallHuMP+1SH810273
14Manod Mawr661 m265 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH724446
15Manod Mawr North Top658 m65 mHewittNuttallSimmSH727458
16Waun Garnedd-y-Filiast650.9 m15.1 mNuttallSH874452
17Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn644.1 m25.5 mNuttallSH857444
18Diffwys West Top643.1 m21.7 mNuttallSH648229
19Y Garn629 m317 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH702230
20Moel Penamnen628.3 m138 mHewittNuttallHuMP+1SH716483
21Moel Ysgyfarnogod623 m182 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH658345
22Gallt y Daren619.4 m113 mHewittNuttallHuMP+1SH778344
23Foel Boeth615.4 m16.8 mNuttallSH779342
24Foel Penolau614.4 m31.9 mHewittNuttallSimmSH661348
25Foel Goch611 m274 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SH953422
26Y Ro Wen598.6 m120.7 mHuMPDeweySH745500
27Craig Ddrwg596 m52 mDeweySH656331
28Foel-boeth596 m41 mDeweySH864430
29Clip595 m31 mDeweySH654329
30Moelfre589 m162 mMarilynHuMPDeweySH626245
31Craig y Grut589 m47 mDeweySH631210
32Y Gamallt588 m122 mHuMPDeweySH751447
33Foel-fras586 m32 mDeweySH728481
34Moel y Feidiog577.6 m51 mDeweySH781324
35Moel Farlwyd575.7 m101.4 mHuMPDeweySH707486
36Moel yr Wden572.2 m34.1 mDeweySH780356
37Garnedd Fawr569 m47 mDeweySH937423
38Craig Wion565.6 m80.2 mDeweySH664319
39Graig Wen555.6 m141 mHuMPDeweySH739394
40Orddu555 m34 mDeweySH963423
41Craig Llyn Du553 m37 mDeweySH655295
42Y Garnedd552 m77 mDeweySH741431
43Moel Ymenyn550 m47 mDeweySH839346
44Moel Emoel549 m88 mDeweySH937402
45Mynydd Bryn-llech548 m66 mDeweySH805314
46Foel Boeth541 m42 mDeweySH834337
47Mynydd Nodol539 m168 mMarilynHuMPDeweySH865393
48Carnedd Iago538 m74 mDeweySH782406
49Graig Ddu537 m69 mDeweySH888429
50Moel y Gyrafolen536.8 m30.1 mDeweySH672352
51Craig yr Hafod533.6 m64.6 mDeweySH888437
52Garn Prys533 m104 mHuMPDeweySH887483
53Moel Cae'r-defaid West Top531.1 m69 mDeweySH800246
54Foel Fawr528 m42 mDeweySH728392
55Pen y Bedw East Top527.8 m83 mDeweySH784470
56Craig y Benglog525.2 m32.6 mDeweySH805244
57Bryn-pig523 m49 mDeweySH766306
58Moel y Gydros522.3 m145.9 mHuMPDeweySH914453
59Rhobell Ganol521 m35 mDeweySH785274
60Craig Dolfudr North Top519 m74 mDeweySH822317
61Moel Morwynion518.4 m57 mDeweySH663306
62Craig Dolfudr518 m54 mDeweySH828310
63Foel Ystrodur Fawr518 m33 mDeweySH814340
64Mynydd Egryn517 m61 mDeweySH623194
65Manod Bach511 m96 mDeweySH714447
66Bryn-mawr510.4 m95 mDeweySH801442
67Foel Boeth509 m70 mDeweySH804477
68Rhobell-y-big504 m56 mDeweySH782282
69Moel Oernant502.8 m140.7 mHuMPDeweySH742340
70Pen y Bwlch Gwyn502 m33 mDeweySH932411
71Y Garnedd North Top502 m33 mDeweySH743440
72Ffridd yr Allt-llwyd500.4 m31 mDeweySH797296

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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