Walks from Ynyswen station
8 listed hills have a summit within 8 km of the platform at Ynyswen — the closest is Twyn Crugyrafan at 3.4 km, the highest Craig y Llyn at 600 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
- YNW
- Grid reference
- SS948973
- Coordinates
- 51.66497, -3.52160
- Locality
- Ynys-wen, Treorchy
- Operator
- TfW Rail
- Entries & exits
- 2,538 · #2,486 of 2,589
- Hills in reach
- 8
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 Ynyswen station
Ynyswen station serves the village of Ynyswen in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It is on the Rhondda Line between Treherbert and Treorchy, 22 miles 70 chains (36.8 km) from Cardiff Docks at Bute Town. Trains are operated by Transport for Wales; recorded usage was 2,538 in the year from April 2024 to March 2025.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ynyswen railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0). Coordinates and the passenger figure come from NaPTAN and the ORR, not from Wikipedia.
The 8 hills within 8 km
Every hill from our dataset for which Ynyswen 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 | Twyn Crugyrafan | 559 m | Dewey | 3.4 km | SW |
| 2 | Mynydd Ton | 539 m | Dewey | 3.4 km | S |
| 3 | Mynydd Tynewydd | 518 m | Dewey | 3.8 km | N |
| 4 | Mynydd Blaengwynfi | 528 m | Dewey | 4.3 km | W |
| 5 | Werfa | 568 m | DeweyCurrent County/UA Top | 4.4 km | SW |
| 6 | Hirwaun Common | 515 m | Dewey | 6.2 km | N |
| 7 | Mynydd Ynyscorrwg | 502 m | Dewey | 6.2 km | W |
| 8 | Craig y Llyn | 600 m | DeweyHistoric County TopCurrent County/UA Top+3 | 7.1 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 Ynyswen 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
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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.
- Ynyswen on National Rail — live departures, facilities, engineering work.
- OS Maps · Google Maps