Mountains & hills · South Wales
Pen Y Gadair Fawr
Pen Y Gadair Fawr — Named summit at 800 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Pen Y Gadair Fawr is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 800 m.". Coordinates: 51.9520°, -3.1226°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Pen y Gadair Fawr is an 800 metres (2,625 ft) high subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the second highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. Marked by a medium-sized cairn, it is a much more distinguished top than its parent 1.5 km to the northwest. Its 658 metres (2,159 ft) high top Pen Twyn Mawr is about 2 km to the southeast.
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Background
Visiting
The hill is wholly within land mapped under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 as open country and hence is legally accessible to walkers despite their being no public rights of way leading to it. Mountain bikers can follow the forest roads within nearby Mynydd Du Forest, one of which tops out at 715m, just 0.5 km from the summit, but have no legal access to the hill itself.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.9520, -3.1226
- Address
- Black Mountains, South Wales
Sources
- osm: n413482989 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Pen y Gadair Fawr (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Summit Cairn on Pen y Gadair Fawr - geograph.org.uk - 23969.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pen Y Gadair Fawr?
- Pen Y Gadair Fawr is in South Wales, United Kingdom.
- Is Pen Y Gadair Fawr a protected site?
- Yes — Pen Y Gadair Fawr is part of the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Pen Y Gadair Fawr free to visit?
- Yes, Pen Y Gadair Fawr is free to enter.