Walks from Dovey Junction station
10 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Dovey Junction — the closest is Tarren Cwm-ffernol at 5.7 km, the highest Tarren y Gesail at 667 m. Distances are straight lines, not routes: this page tells you a car-free day is possible here, and the planning is still yours.
- Station code
- DVY
- Grid reference
- SN696980
- Coordinates
- 52.56436, -3.92390
- Locality
- Derwen Las
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 41,454 · #2,111 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 10
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 Dovey Junction station
Dovey Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi) is the station where the Cambrian Line splits, one arm running to Aberystwyth and the other — the Cambrian Coast Line — to Pwllheli. It has a single island platform and sits between Machynlleth to the east, Borth to the south and Penhelig to the north, 127.2 km from Whitchurch measured via Oswestry. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.
The station stands in Powys, about 400 metres north-east of the meeting point of three counties — the present-day principal areas of Ceredigion, Powys and Gwynedd, corresponding to the traditional counties of Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Dovey Junction railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 10 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Dovey Junction 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 | Tarren Cwm-ffernol | 551 m | Dewey | 5.7 km | NW |
| 2 | Tarrenhendre | 634 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 6.3 km | N |
| 3 | Mynydd Rhyd-galed | 502 m | Dewey | 6.3 km | N |
| 4 | Pen Creigiau'r Llan | 507 m | Dewey | 6.3 km | SE |
| 5 | Moel y Llyn | 521 m | DeweyHuMP | 6.5 km | S |
| 6 | Pen Trum-gwr | 512.6 m | Dewey | 6.7 km | NW |
| 7 | Banc Bwlchygarreg | 520.1 m | Dewey | 7 km | SE |
| 8 | Banc Bwlchygarreg West Top | 511 m | Dewey | 7 km | S |
| 9 | Pen y Darren | 529.4 m | DeweyHuMP | 7.7 km | SE |
| 10 | Tarren y Gesail | 666.9 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 8 km | N |
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 Dovey Junction 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
2 waymarked long-distance routes pass 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ceredigion Coast Path | 115 km | 1.1 km |
| Wales Coast Path (Meirionnydd) | 104 km | 1.5 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the station computed by OpenFell.
Daylight here today
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- Sunset
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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.
- Dovey Junction on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps