Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer)
677m (2221ft)
The Brecon Beacons Area, The Brecon Beacons, Carmarthenshire, Wales
You can find Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
See Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
See Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:
   |
|---|
Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25mls (10km) |
|---|---|
| Ascent: | 2,130ft (649m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Car Park SE of Llanddeusant - Nant Melyn - Sychnant - Disgwylfa - Cefn Disgwylfa - Tro'r Fan Foel - Fan Foel - The Beacons Way - Twr y Fan Foel - Bwlch Blaen Twrch - Pant y Bwlch - Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) - Glastir y Picws - Cwar Du Mawr - Cwar Du Bach - Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) - Llyn y Fan Fach - Llethr y Llyn - Waun y Llyn - Nant Coch - Car Park SE of Llanddeusant
|
|---|
Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5mls (13.5km) |
|---|---|
| Ascent: | 2,914ft (888m) |
| Time: | 6 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Car Park SE of Llanddeusant - Nant Melyn - Sychnant - Disgwylfa - Cefn Disgwylfa - Tro'r Fan Foel - Fan Foel - The Beacons Way - Twr y Fan Foel - Fan Brycheiniog - Fan Hir - Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) - Fan Foel - Bwlch Blaen Twrch - Pant y Bwlch - Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) - Glastir y Picws - Cwar Du Mawr - Cwar Du Bach - Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) - Llyn y Fan Fach - Llethr y Llyn - Waun y Llyn - Nant Coch - Car Park SE of Llanddeusant
|
|---|
Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 15ml (24km) |
|---|---|
| Ascent: | 3,673ft (1,119m) |
| Time: | 9.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Glyntawe - Afon Tawe - Ty Hendrey - Allt Fach - Fan Fechan - Fan Hir - Bwlch Giedd - The Beacons Way - Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) - Fan Foel - Tro'r Fan Foel - Bwlch Blaen Twrch - Pant y Bwlch - Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) - Glastir y Picws - Cwar Du Mawr - Cwar Du Bach - Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) - Afon Mihartfach - Carreg yr Ogof - Garreg Las (Twyn Swnd) - Pen Rhiw-goch - Twrch Fechan - Cwterydd Blaen-Twrch Fechag - Esgair Ddu (Black Mountains) - Carnau Nant-Menyn - Nant Lluestau - Afon Twrch - Afon Giedd - Pwll y Cig - Waun Fignen Felen - Disgwylfa - Twynwalter - Twyn Spratt - Afon Haffes - Dan-yr-Ogog Campsite and Showcaves - Glyntawe
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer)
Mark Davidson walked up on July 8th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walk po123 Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer), Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) & Garreg Las from Glyntawe [with] Alone [weather] Rather Lovely
Sion Britton climbed it on September 5th, 2020 [from/via/route] Maes Parcio Llyn y Fan [with] Rhiannon, Huw, Dewi a Gwen [weather] Braf / ychydig o wynt
Toby Norman bagged it on July 5th, 2019 [from/via/route] Llyn y fan fach car park [with] Beggs, Hibble, Hall, Wood, Morgan and Woods
Andy Herrick hiked it on August 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] Llanddeusant Mountain Rescue Post [with] Rachel Herrick [weather] Hot & sunny
Glenn Radford summited on June 9th, 2013 [from/via/route] po114 [with] the kids [weather] glorious sunshine
Christina Lander conquered it on March 19th, 2014 [from/via/route] Llyn y Fan Fach - Waun Lefrith - Picws Du - Usk Reservoir [with] Dick & Suzanne [weather] Foggy & wet - Lost in the fog, wanted to get to Llyn Y Fan Fawr, but failed to find it. Ended up at Usk Reservoir
David Price scaled on June 29th, 2013 [from/via/route] Llanddeusant YHA [with] Jean [weather] Sunny
Robert Taylor-Marriott walked up on August 10th, 2011 [from/via/route] Route 31: Waun Lefrith Bannau Sir Gaer & Fan Brycheiniog (BB) [with] Vince Wetton and Robert Taylor-Marriott [weather] Cloudy, windy & Rain
Vince Wetton climbed it on August 11th, 2011 [with] RTM
Alex Holland bagged it during May, 2013 [from/via/route] PO123
Steve Gilmore hiked it on May 4th, 2013 [from/via/route] From Llanddeusant [with] Mark Gilmour & Steve Taylor
Matthew Thomas, Paul Roddam, Erin Ryan, Michael Rygol, Louise Sandwith and Richard Penney have all walked, climbed & bagged Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer).To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record
. . . [see less walk reports]
More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer)
Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) from Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) summit cairn
Carmarthen Fan - Fan Foel and Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) with Llyn y Fan Fach below from Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer)
Send us your photographs and pictures on, of, or from Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer)
If you would like to add your walk photographs and pictures featuring views from, on or of Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) 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.
(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)
You can also submit photos via our Facebook Page.
NB. Please indicate where each photo was taken.
