Walks from Dolwyddelan station
17 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Dolwyddelan — the closest is Y Ro Wen at 2.3 km, the highest Moel Siabod at 872 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
- DWD
- Grid reference
- SH737521
- Coordinates
- 53.05201, -3.88513
- Locality
- Dolwyddelan
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 6,412 · #2,420 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 17
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 Dolwyddelan station
Dolwyddelan station is a stop in the Lledr Valley on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, operated by Transport for Wales Rail. The station is at Pentre-Bont, across the river a few hundred yards from the centre of Dolwyddelan itself.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Dolwyddelan railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 17 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Dolwyddelan 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 | Y Ro Wen | 598.6 m | DeweyHuMP | 2.3 km | SE |
| 2 | Moel Siabod | 872.2 m | HewittNuttallTrail 100+3 | 4 km | NW |
| 3 | Foel-fras | 586 m | Dewey | 4.1 km | S |
| 4 | Moel Penamnen | 628.3 m | HewittNuttallHuMP+1 | 4.4 km | SW |
| 5 | Moel Farlwyd | 575.7 m | DeweyHuMP | 4.6 km | SW |
| 6 | Moel Dyrnogydd | 524 m | Dewey | 5.2 km | SW |
| 7 | Carnedd y Cribau | 591 m | Dewey | 6.3 km | W |
| 8 | Manod Mawr North Top | 658 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 6.4 km | S |
| 9 | Yr Arddu | 589 m | Dewey | 6.6 km | W |
| 10 | Pen y Bedw East Top | 527.8 m | Dewey | 6.9 km | SE |
| 11 | Allt-fawr | 697.9 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 7.3 km | SW |
| 12 | Manod Mawr | 661 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 7.6 km | S |
| 13 | Y Gamallt | 588 m | DeweyHuMP | 7.6 km | S |
| 14 | Moel Meirch | 608.9 m | DeweySimm | 7.8 km | W |
| 15 | Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran | 554 m | Dewey | 7.8 km | SW |
| 16 | Manod Bach | 511 m | Dewey | 7.8 km | S |
| 17 | Moel Druman | 676 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 8 km | SW |
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 Dolwyddelan 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.
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.
- Dolwyddelan on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps