Region 30F · Wales

Dolgellau to Machynlleth

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
12
Highest hill
Cadair Idris - Penygadair 892.7 m
Mean height
719 m
Hewitts
11
Nuttalls
12
Marilyns
4

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 12 hills, tallest first

Hills in Dolgellau to Machynlleth, sorted by height descending
# Hill Height Prominence Classifications Grid ref
1 Cadair Idris - Penygadair 892.7 m 606 m HewittNuttallTrail 100 +3 SH711130
2 Mynydd Moel 863 m 67 m HewittNuttallSimm SH727136
3 Cyfrwy 811 m 31 m HewittNuttallSimm SH703133
4 Craig Cwm Amarch 791.9 m 79.2 m HewittNuttallSimm SH710121
5 Gau Graig 683.7 m 25.4 m Nuttall SH743140
6 Maesglase 678.5 m 317.8 m HewittNuttallTrail 100 +3 SH817150
7 Waun-oer 670 m 120 m HewittNuttallHuMP +1 SH785147
8 Tarren y Gesail 666.9 m 465.4 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH710058
9 Craig-las 661 m 101 m HewittNuttallHuMP +1 SH677135
10 Cribin Fawr 658.8 m 93 m HewittNuttallSimm SH794152
11 Tarrenhendre 634 m 203 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SH682041
12 Craig-y-llyn 622 m 132 m HewittNuttallHuMP +1 SH665119

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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