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Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel)
802m (2632ft)

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

The summit of Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) is marked by a cairn 300m NNE of the Trig Point..


Record Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered


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Welsh Mountain
34th highest in Wales,
76th in England & Wales

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Welsh Nuttall
43rd highest in Wales,
91st in England & Wales

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Welsh Marilyn
15th highest in Wales,
390th highest in Great Britain

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Welsh Trig Point (Pillar)

Walk Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) walking UK Mountains in The Brecon Beacons Area The Brecon Beacons National Park Powys, Wales

The view from the summit of Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel)

Photo: Georg Dite

Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) became the local Mountain (Hewitt) and 'Nuttall' after a survey found the top to be 0.75m higher than the Trig Point.

You can find Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan 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):

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 Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

See Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:


You can walk to the top of Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) by using either of these 2 easy‑to‑follow route maps:
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Walk po114 Black Mountain/Y Mynydd Du - Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) and Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) from nr Llanddeusant

Superb ridge walk

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 8.5mls (13.5km)
Ascent:2,914ft (888m)
Time:6 hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 Icon (Moderate)
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Walk po123 Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer), Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) and Garreg Las from Glyntawe

Simply magnificent

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 15ml (24km)
Ascent:3,673ft (1,119m)
Time:9.25hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 8 Icon (Hard)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel)

Donovan Suddell walked up Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on February 24th, 2024 [from/via/route] Dan yr Ogof [with] Solo [weather] initial cloud mist gave way to a nice day. Plenty of snow at the summits

Mark Davidson climbed Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) 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

Rich Jenkins bagged Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on December 21st, 2021 [from/via/route] Trecastle road. [weather] Cold & crisp with persistent frost on the ridge line. - Cold & clear. Haze in distance limited distance views.

Helen Howarth hiked Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on June 20th, 2021 [from/via/route] River Tawe [with] Leila x [weather] Foggy, drizzly rain - No visibility!

Sion Britton summited Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on September 5th, 2020 [from/via/route] Maes Parcio Llyn y Fan Fach [with] Rhiannon, Huw, Dewi a Gwen [weather] Braf / ychydig o wynt

Toby Norman conquered Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on July 5th, 2019 [from/via/route] Llyn y fan fach car park [with] Beggs, Hibble, Hall, Wood, Morgan and Woods

Iwan Williams scaled Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on December 23rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Llyn y Fan Fach

Anthony Scott walked up Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on July 3rd, 2019 [with] HF and Steph [weather] sunny & some cloud. - perfect conditions!!

Bleddyn Rhys climbed Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on July 9th, 2018 [from/via/route] Cerdded y ridge o Dan yr Ogof - Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog a Picws Du Lawr i'r afon twrch a ffeindio'r llwybr hir drwy'r creigiau nol i'r car [with] AR ben fy hyn bach [weather] Poeth iawn - El Scorchiooo! Rhan o 'Haf mawr 2018' - Dim ond gweld un cwpwl arall trwy'r dydd - ac roeddan nhw'n siarad Almaeneg!

Andy Herrick bagged Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) on August 27th, 2017 [from/via/route] Llanddeusant Mountain Rescue Post [with] Rachel Herrick [weather] Hot & sunny

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