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Tor y Foel
551m (1808ft)

The Black Mountains, The Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales

The summit of Tor y Foel is marked by a cairn..


Record Tor y Foel as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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Welsh Dewey
88th highest in Wales,
156th in England & Wales

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Welsh Marilyn
68th highest in Wales,
871st highest in Great Britain

You can find Tor y Foel & 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):

OL13 Brecon Beacons National Park - Eastern area


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

161 Abergavenny & The Black Mountains


See Tor y Foel and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

See Tor y Foel and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:


We will be adding easy-to-follow route maps up Tor y Foel very soon.

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Tor y Foel Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Tor y Foel

Sion Britton walked up Tor y Foel on January 5th, 2022 [from/via/route] O Maes Parcio Blaen y Glyn Uchaf. [with] Solo [weather] Oer/ Eira

Richard Penney climbed Tor y Foel on January 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] From dam at Talybont. Forestry has closed several paths so diverted & followed Usk Valley walk but then went off-piste directly up NW face in snow. Steep, rough terrain, no paths & quite hard work. [weather] Dry, cold, clear, snow. - Brilliant.

Paul Roddam and Michael Rygol have both walked, climbed & bagged Tor y Foel.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Tor y Foel

A snow capped Tor Y Foel from Talybont Reservoir Dam

A snow capped Tor Y Foel from Talybont Reservoir Dam

Photo: Richard Penney (1)


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