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Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd)
616m (2021ft)

The Brecon Beacons Area, The Brecon Beacons, Carmarthenshire, Wales

The summit of Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.


Record Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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Welsh Mountain
127th highest in Wales,
301st in England & Wales

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Welsh Nuttall
176th highest in Wales,
418th in England & Wales

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Welsh Trig Point (Pillar)

You can find Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Brecon Beacons National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL12 Brecon Beacons National Park - Western & Central areas


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

160 Brecon Beacons


See Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

See Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:


You can walk to the top of Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) by using this easy‑to‑follow route map:
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Walk cm101 Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) from Foel Fawr (A4069)

Easy bag when clear - but can be tricky to locate the summit in mist

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 1.5ml (2.5km)
Ascent:440ft (134m)
Time:1 hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 1 Icon (Easy)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd)

Alan Smith walked up Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) on April 3rd, 2023 [from/via/route] With Lisa from the quarry [weather] sunshine

Toby Norman climbed Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) on February 28th, 2022 [from/via/route] Mountain Road Car Park,Llangadog [with] Burrows

Sion Britton bagged Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) on August 24th, 2020 [from/via/route] Maes Parcio Mountain Road [weather] Braf/ Cymylog

Mark Davidson hiked Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) on July 7th, 2009 [with] MK [weather] Mist & fog

Victoria Bates summited Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) on December 5th, 2015 [from/via/route] Cm 101 [with] Mark [weather] windy & misty

Christina Lander conquered Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd) on May 25th, 2015 [from/via/route] Foel Fawr - disused quarry - Moel Gornach - Foel Fawr [with] Dick [weather] Gorgeous, clear sunny evening - Our last mountain in the Brecon Beacons, we have now climbed them all, & many of them several times!

Matthew Thomas, Daniel Graham, Michael Rygol, John Cuthbert, Paul Booth, Trevor Williams and Richard Penney have all walked, climbed & bagged Moel Gornach (Garreg Lwyd).

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