Walks from Llanaber station
3 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Llanaber — the closest is Mynydd Egryn at 2.9 km, the highest Diffwys West Top at 643 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
- LLA
- Grid reference
- SH598180
- Coordinates
- 52.74150, -4.07718
- Locality
- Llanaber, Barmouth
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 3,844 · #2,465 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 3
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 Llanaber station
Llanaber is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway, serving the village of Llanaber near Barmouth in Gwynedd. Passenger services run to Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury, and most trains call only on request. The platform occupies a narrow ledge below the village, immediately above a rocky beach.
From 22 June 2020 trains did not call at the station, because the short platform meant social distancing between passengers and the guard could not be maintained when the train door was opened. The restrictions were lifted on 22 August 2021 and the station reopened. Recorded usage was 3,844 in the year from April 2024 to March 2025.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Llanaber railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 3 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Llanaber 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 | Mynydd Egryn | 517 m | Dewey | 2.9 km | NE |
| 2 | Craig y Grut | 589 m | Dewey | 4.5 km | NE |
| 3 | Diffwys West Top | 643.1 m | Nuttall | 7 km | NE |
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 Llanaber 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wales Coast Path (Meirionnydd) | 104 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.
- Llanaber on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps