Region 31B · Wales

Welshpool to Hay-on-Wye

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: 23
Highest hill: Great Rhos 660 m
Mean height: 546 m
Hewitts: 3
Nuttalls: 3
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 23 hills, tallest first

Hills in Welshpool to Hay-on-Wye, sorted by height descending
#	Hill	Height	Prominence	Classifications	Grid ref
1	Great Rhos	660 m	379 m	HewittNuttallHistoric County Top+3	SO182638
2	Black Mixen	650 m	45 m	HewittNuttallSimm	SO196643
3	Bache Hill	610 m	41 m	HewittNuttallSimm	SO212636
4	Whimble	598.8 m	84 m	Dewey	SO205626
5	Pegwn Mawr	586 m	300 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SO023812
6	Crugyn Llwyd	571 m	40 m	Dewey	SO024796
7	Beacon Hill	547 m	179 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SO176767
8	Fron-wen	546 m	42 m	Dewey	SO181660
9	Gwaunceste Hill	542.1 m	165.1 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SO158555
10	Nyth-grug	538 m	89 m	Dewey	SO170606
11	Llanfihangel Hill	532.2 m	144.6 m	HuMPDewey	SO194553
12	Gors Lydan	529.3 m	125.4 m	HuMPDewey	SO126768
13	Cilfaesty Hill	528 m	143 m	HuMPDewey	SO128840
14	Glascwm Hill	522 m	130 m	HuMPDewey	SO169525
15	Bryn Coch	518 m	36 m	Dewey	SO124848
16	Pool Hill	516 m	65 m	Dewey	SO177753
17	Corndon Hill	513.6 m	203.1 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	SO306969
18	Red Hill	509.5 m	77 m	Dewey	SO156501
19	Camlo Hill	509 m	130 m	HuMPDewey	SO037697
20	Brondre-fawr Hill	508 m	60 m	Dewey	SO041782
21	Warren Hill	506.6 m	34.9 m	Dewey	SO143777
22	Stanky Hill	506.6 m	30.3 m	Dewey	SO163764
23	Moel Hywel	505 m	133 m	HuMPDewey	SO002712

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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