Region 31C · Wales

South-West Wales

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: 40
Highest hill: Drygarn Fawr 645 m
Mean height: 545 m
Hewitts: 3
Nuttalls: 3
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 40 hills, tallest first

Hills in South-West Wales, sorted by height descending
#	Hill	Height	Prominence	Classifications	Grid ref
1	Drygarn Fawr	645 m	259 m	HewittNuttallMarilyn+2	SN862584
2	Gorllwyn	612.7 m	89.7 m	HewittNuttallSimm	SN917590
3	Pen y Garn	611 m	194 m	HewittNuttallMarilyn+2	SN798771
4	Y Gamriw	602.6 m	48 m	SimmDewey	SN944611
5	Llan Ddu Fawr	592.8 m	168.1 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SN790704
6	Y Glog	574 m	106 m	HuMPDewey	SN790811
7	Cefn Croes	573 m	45 m	Dewey	SN807799
8	Geifas	572 m	54 m	Dewey	SN819728
9	Bryn Du	562 m	62 m	Dewey	SN845800
10	Llechwedd Ddu	559 m	41 m	Dewey	SN853786
11	Domen Milwyn	555 m	36 m	Dewey	SN808719
12	Mynydd Tywi	548 m	92 m	Dewey	SN773605
13	Pant-llwyd	548 m	47 m	Dewey	SN834706
14	Blaen Rhestr	547 m	38 m	Dewey	SN843693
15	Mynydd Tywi East Top	545 m	34 m	Dewey	SN779606
16	Garn Gron	541 m	52 m	Dewey	SN739610
17	Craig Dyfnant	539 m	44 m	Dewey	SN875656
18	Cerrig Gwaun-y-llan	538 m	53 m	Dewey	SN865779
19	Drum Ddu	538 m	128 m	HuMPDewey	SN971604
20	Esgair y Llwyn	538 m	72 m	Dewey	SN893735
21	Banc Dolwen	537 m	48 m	Dewey	SN792787
22	Foel Cwmcerwyn	536.5 m	345.7 m	Historic County TopCurrent County/UA TopMarilyn+2	SN094311
23	Priddellau	534 m	34 m	Dewey	SN854677
24	Esgair Penygarreg	532.6 m	100 m	HuMPDewey	SN926687
25	Esgair Cloddiad	532 m	30 m	Dewey	SN824573
26	Dibyn Du	529.8 m	80 m	Dewey	SN792656
27	Cefn y Cnwc	527 m	48 m	Dewey	SN773588
28	Esgair Ganol	526 m	44 m	Dewey	SN879771
29	Pen Lan-fawr	526 m	49 m	Dewey	SN890749
30	Crug Gynon	525 m	66 m	Dewey	SN801638
31	Cripiau South Top	524.6 m	30.6 m	Dewey	SN802828
32	Moelfryn	522 m	62 m	Dewey	SN935721
33	Craig Fawr	519 m	43 m	Dewey	SN879638
34	Mynydd Trawsnant	516.5 m	138.2 m	HuMPDewey	SN821484
35	Pen Dihewyd	513 m	36 m	Dewey	SN778796
36	Garn Wen	511 m	74 m	Dewey	SN845459
37	Penrhiw-wen	510.1 m	34.1 m	Dewey	SN925709
38	Gopa Uchaf	509 m	86 m	Dewey	SN729590
39	Cerrig Llwydion	509 m	47 m	Dewey	SN909731
40	Coed Nant-yr-hwch	505 m	40 m	Dewey	SN817554

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.