Walks from Blaenau Ffestiniog station
26 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Blaenau Ffestiniog — the closest is Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran at 1.5 km, the highest Moelwyn Mawr at 770 m. Distances are straight lines, not routes: this page tells you a car-free day is possible here, and the planning is still yours.
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- Station code
- BFF
- Grid reference
- SH699458
- Coordinates
- 52.99455, -3.93859
- Locality
- Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 47,240 · #2,067 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 26
Passenger figure is the ORR estimate of all entries and exits, April 2024 to March 2025 — a measure of how busy (or wonderfully quiet) the station is, not of train frequency.
About Blaenau Ffestiniog station
Blaenau Ffestiniog station serves the slate mining town of the same name and is the southern terminus of the Conwy Valley Line, with Transport for Wales Rail services to Llandudno Junction and Llandudno. National Rail shares the station with the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway, which runs primarily tourist services to Porthmadog throughout most of the year. The standard gauge service accepts the Gwynedd Red Rover day ticket, which is valid on trains and buses.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 26 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Blaenau Ffestiniog is one of the 3 nearest stations. Follow a name for the full record — heights, prominence, access rights, live summit weather and daylight.
| # | Hill | Height | Classifications | From station | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran | 554 m | Dewey | 1.5 km | W |
| 2 | Manod Bach | 511 m | Dewey | 1.8 km | SE |
| 3 | Allt-fawr | 697.9 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 2.4 km | NW |
| 4 | Manod Mawr | 661 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 2.7 km | SE |
| 5 | Manod Mawr North Top | 658 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 2.7 km | E |
| 6 | Moel-yr-hydd | 648 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 2.8 km | W |
| 7 | Moel Farlwyd | 575.7 m | DeweyHuMP | 2.8 km | N |
| 8 | Moel Penamnen | 628.3 m | HewittNuttallHuMP+1 | 3 km | NE |
| 9 | Moel Druman | 676 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 3.3 km | NW |
| 10 | Moel Dyrnogydd | 524 m | Dewey | 3.3 km | N |
| 11 | Foel-fras | 586 m | Dewey | 3.6 km | NE |
| 12 | Ysgafell Wen | 672.2 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 4 km | NW |
| 13 | Moelwyn Mawr | 770 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 4.3 km | W |
| 14 | Craigysgafn | 689.9 m | Nuttall | 4.3 km | SW |
| 15 | Moelwyn Bach | 712 m | HewittNuttallHuMP+1 | 4.5 km | SW |
| 16 | Ysgafell Wen North Top | 669.4 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 4.5 km | NW |
| 17 | Ysgafell Wen Far North Top | 659 m | Nuttall | 4.6 km | NW |
| 18 | Y Garnedd North Top | 502 m | Dewey | 4.7 km | E |
| 19 | Y Garnedd | 552 m | Dewey | 5 km | SE |
| 20 | Cnicht North Top | 690.2 m | Nuttall | 5.3 km | W |
| 21 | Y Gamallt | 588 m | DeweyHuMP | 5.3 km | E |
| 22 | Cnicht | 690.9 m | HewittNuttallTrail 100+2 | 5.5 km | W |
| 23 | Yr Arddu | 589 m | Dewey | 5.5 km | NW |
| 24 | Moel Meirch | 608.9 m | DeweySimm | 5.9 km | NW |
| 25 | Foel Fawr | 528 m | Dewey | 7.2 km | SE |
| 26 | Graig Wen | 555.6 m | DeweyHuMP | 7.5 km | SE |
A hill 8 km away in a straight line can be a much longer day on the ground — and on rural lines the last train home leaves early and some stations are request stops with a handful of services a day. Check live times and facilities for Blaenau Ffestiniog before you commit, plan the route on a proper map, and give the daylight planner your real finish time.
Hill data from the Database of British & Irish Hills v18.3 (CC BY 4.0). Station position from NaPTAN (Department for Transport, OGL v3.0); passenger estimates from the Office of Rail and Road (OGL v3.0). Distances and bearings computed by OpenFell, summit to platform.
Long-distance paths from this station
One waymarked long-distance route passes within 2 km of the station — a made line to follow out of the door, or a way to link this station to the next one down the line.
| Route | Total length | From station |
|---|---|---|
| Snowdonia Slate Trail | 135 km | passes the station |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the station computed by OpenFell.
Daylight here today
- Sunrise
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- Sunset
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- Daylight
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for the station. Walking to a timetable means walking to the light: set your turnaround with the daylight safety planner.
Plan the day
- Walking-time calculator — Naismith with terrain and fitness corrections.
- Access checker — what the land around here allows.
- Kit-list generator — packed for the forecast, not for habit.
- Blaenau Ffestiniog on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps