Walks from Roman Bridge station
25 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Roman Bridge — the closest is Moel Dyrnogydd at 2.8 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
- RMB
- Grid reference
- SH712514
- Coordinates
- 53.04442, -3.92165
- Locality
- Dolwyddelan
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 612 · #2,561 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 25
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 Roman Bridge station
Roman Bridge — Pont Rhufeinig in Welsh — is a station in the Lledr Valley on the Conwy Valley Line, 22 miles 48 chains (36.4 km) from Llandudno Junction, between Dolwyddelan and Blaenau Ffestiniog. The name comes from a nearby ancient bridge over the River Lledr, which carries a minor road from the A470 to scattered hill farms at Blaenau Dolwyddelan.
Both the station and the trains that call here are operated by Transport for Wales Rail. Recorded usage was 612 in the year from April 2024 to March 2025.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Roman Bridge railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 25 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Roman Bridge 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 | Moel Dyrnogydd | 524 m | Dewey | 2.8 km | SW |
| 2 | Moel Farlwyd | 575.7 m | DeweyHuMP | 2.8 km | S |
| 3 | Moel Penamnen | 628.3 m | HewittNuttallHuMP+1 | 3.1 km | S |
| 4 | Moel Siabod | 872.2 m | HewittNuttallTrail 100+3 | 3.3 km | N |
| 5 | Y Ro Wen | 598.6 m | DeweyHuMP | 3.6 km | E |
| 6 | Foel-fras | 586 m | Dewey | 3.6 km | SE |
| 7 | Yr Arddu | 589 m | Dewey | 4 km | W |
| 8 | Carnedd y Cribau | 591 m | Dewey | 4.3 km | NW |
| 9 | Allt-fawr | 697.9 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 5 km | SW |
| 10 | Moel Meirch | 608.9 m | DeweySimm | 5.2 km | W |
| 11 | Ysgafell Wen Far North Top | 659 m | Nuttall | 5.5 km | SW |
| 12 | Moel Druman | 676 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 5.6 km | SW |
| 13 | Ysgafell Wen | 672.2 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 5.6 km | SW |
| 14 | Ysgafell Wen North Top | 669.4 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 5.7 km | SW |
| 15 | Manod Mawr North Top | 658 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 5.7 km | S |
| 16 | Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran | 554 m | Dewey | 5.7 km | SW |
| 17 | Manod Bach | 511 m | Dewey | 6.6 km | S |
| 18 | Manod Mawr | 661 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 6.8 km | S |
| 19 | Moel-yr-hydd | 648 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 7.2 km | SW |
| 20 | Gallt y Wenallt | 619.7 m | Nuttall | 7.2 km | W |
| 21 | Y Foel Goch | 805 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 7.6 km | NW |
| 22 | Gallt yr Ogof | 763 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 7.7 km | N |
| 23 | Y Gamallt | 588 m | DeweyHuMP | 7.7 km | SE |
| 24 | Cnicht North Top | 690.2 m | Nuttall | 7.9 km | SW |
| 25 | Y Garnedd North Top | 502 m | Dewey | 8 km | SE |
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 Roman Bridge 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.
- Roman Bridge on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps