Walks from Morfa Mawddach station
5 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Morfa Mawddach — the closest is Braich Ddu at 2.7 km, the highest Cyfrwy at 811 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
- MFA
- Grid reference
- SH628141
- Coordinates
- 52.70713, -4.03217
- Locality
- Morfa
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 13,508 · #2,343 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 5
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 Morfa Mawddach station
Morfa Mawddach was formerly Barmouth Junction, the junction station for the Ruabon to Barmouth Line. Built by the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway in 1865, it stands on the outskirts of the village of Arthog in Gwynedd, on the Cambrian Coast line between Machynlleth and Pwllheli. It is now a minor station between Barmouth and Fairbourne, 99 miles (159.3 km) from Whitchurch measured via Oswestry.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Morfa Mawddach railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 5 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Morfa Mawddach 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 | Braich Ddu | 546 m | Dewey | 2.7 km | SE |
| 2 | Craig-y-llyn | 622 m | HewittNuttallHuMP+1 | 4.3 km | SE |
| 3 | Esgair Berfa | 507 m | Dewey | 4.6 km | S |
| 4 | Craig-las | 661 m | HewittNuttallHuMP+1 | 4.9 km | E |
| 5 | Cyfrwy | 811 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 7.6 km | E |
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 Morfa Mawddach 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cambrian Way | 483 km | passes the 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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- 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.
- Morfa Mawddach on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps