Walks from Machynlleth station
7 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Machynlleth — the closest is Mynydd Rhyd-galed at 5.5 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.
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- Station code
- MCN
- Grid reference
- SH744013
- Coordinates
- 52.59514, -3.85453
- Locality
- Machynlleth
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 128,212 · #1,631 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 7
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 Machynlleth station
Machynlleth station is on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the town of Machynlleth. It was built by the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway and passed in turn to the Cambrian Railways, the Great Western Railway, and the Western and London Midland Regions of British Railways. The 22 miles (35 km) of line between here and Caersws is the longest distance between two intermediate stations in Wales.
The Corris Railway maintained its own Machynlleth station adjacent to the mainline one, with connecting passenger services until 1931 and slate transfer facilities that lasted until 1948. Today the station is operated by Transport for Wales, with recorded usage of 128,212 in the year from April 2024 to March 2025.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Machynlleth railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 7 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Machynlleth 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 Rhyd-galed | 502 m | Dewey | 5.5 km | NW |
| 2 | Tarren y Gesail | 666.9 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 5.7 km | NW |
| 3 | Mynydd Braich-goch | 597 m | Dewey | 6.2 km | N |
| 4 | Tarrenhendre | 634 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 6.8 km | NW |
| 5 | Pen y Darren | 529.4 m | DeweyHuMP | 7.3 km | S |
| 6 | Pen Creigiau'r Llan | 507 m | Dewey | 7.4 km | S |
| 7 | Graig Goch | 586 m | DeweyHuMP | 7.7 km | NW |
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 Machynlleth 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
3 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 | passes the station |
| Glyndŵr's Way | 219 km | 0.6 km |
| Wales Coast Path (Meirionnydd) | 104 km | 0.6 km |
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.
- Machynlleth on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps