Walks from Tygwyn station
7 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Tygwyn — the closest is Moel Ysgyfarnogod at 5.6 km, the highest Moel Ysgyfarnogod at 623 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
- TYG
- Grid reference
- SH602349
- Coordinates
- 52.89379, -4.07865
- Locality
- Talsarnau
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 1,092 · #2,535 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.
The 7 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Tygwyn 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 Ysgyfarnogod | 623 m | HewittNuttallMarilyn+2 | 5.6 km | E |
| 2 | Clip | 595 m | Dewey | 5.6 km | E |
| 3 | Craig Ddrwg | 596 m | Dewey | 5.7 km | E |
| 4 | Foel Penolau | 614.4 m | HewittNuttallSimm | 5.9 km | E |
| 5 | Craig Wion | 565.6 m | Dewey | 6.8 km | SE |
| 6 | Craig Llyn Du | 553 m | Dewey | 7.5 km | SE |
| 7 | Moel Morwynion | 518.4 m | Dewey | 7.5 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 Tygwyn 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 | 0.4 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.
- Tygwyn on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps