Fan y Big
719m (2359ft)

The Brecon Beacons Area, The Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales

Fan y Big was removed from the list of Welsh Hewitts (Welsh Mountains) due to insufficient prominence - August, 2018

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Fan y Big is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL12

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 160

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record

If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Fan y Big, what the weather was like, who you went with and any other comments you might like to add to remind you of that fantastic day. For more details see Your Personal Mountain, Top, Peak and Hill Bagging Record.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Fan y Big

Mary Norris has walked up Fan y Big [from/via/route] Walk po131, starting from Blaen y Glyn carpark. [with] Sue Davies and Betsie! [weather] Dry, warm and sunny though cool in places. - Fab walk, worth the effort to get to the diving-board!

Andrew Joss climbed Fan y Big on August 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] Pont Ar Daf car park [with] Barbara, Pip, Mick & Benson [weather] Dull then sunny

Lucy Perchard bagged Fan y Big on August 22nd, 2017 [from/via/route] Neuadd Reservoir [with] Mum, Dad and Tony [weather] Overcast and windy; Cribyn, Pen Y Fan and Corn Du in cloud so decided to save them for another day

Dianne Graham hiked Fan y Big on June 8th, 2017 [from/via/route] Upper Car Park near Talybont reservoir [with] Kieran [weather] Mixed. Low cloud, touch of rain.. sun peeking out

Robert Shaw summited Fan y Big on May 14th, 2010 [from/via/route] Classic horseshoe walk [with] The usual crew [weather] Clear

Rachael Tyler conquered Fan y Big on April 7th, 2017 [from/via/route] Neuadd reservoir [with] Husband [weather] Cloudy at first but glorious by 11 - Fantastic day out shared with the squaddies. Hard slog but well worth it and glad we weren't wearing packs like the lads. A lovely horseshoe / ridge walk.

Paul Macey scaled Fan y Big on June 4th, 2016 [from/via/route] From Brecon

Iain Jones walked up Fan y Big on January 1st, 2013 [from/via/route] Cwmgwdi - 25 April 2015 - walked from Neuadd Reservoir

Christina Lander climbed Fan y Big on March 26th, 2014 [from/via/route] Upper Neuadd Reservoir - Craig Fan Ddu - Corn Du - Pen y Fan - Cribyn - Fan y Big - Upper Neuadd Reservoir [with] Dick & Suzanne [weather] Overcast but dry - First time of doing horseshoe walk from Neuadd Reservoir

Ian Woodford has bagged Fan y Big [from/via/route] Not sure [with] Rich [weather] Wet and cloudy - Fantastic walk

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. . . [see more walk reports]

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. . . see all 12 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on or of Fan y Big

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Send us your photographs and pictures on, of, or from Fan y Big

If you would like to add your walk photographs and pictures featuring views from, on or of Fan y Big to this page, please send them as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name to:

and we shall do our best to publish them.

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