Pen y Fan
886m (2907ft)

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

Pen y Fan is the highest point in The Brecon Beacons National Park and the highest point in the county of Powys.

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Pen y Fan 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 Pen y Fan, 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 Pen y Fan

Dale Tyler walked up Pen y Fan on May 15th, 2018 [from/via/route] Horseshoe walk up from Cwn Gwdi: Cribyn - Pen y Fan - Corn Du [with] On my own [weather] Hottest day of the year so far. Thought I was melting.... - Cuckoos calling in the woods across the Nant Sere and newts in Llyn Cwm Llwch

Kimberley Gratton climbed Pen y Fan on July 22nd, 2019 [from/via/route] Horseshoe Trail - Mountain Mist

Alan Pritchard bagged Pen y Fan on April 24th, 2015 [with] My Wife [weather] Good - Walked the Brecon horseshoe a few times beautiful walk from Cwm Gwdi.😎🚶‍♂️

Mark Davidson hiked Pen y Fan on October 21st, 2004 [with] Theresa [weather] Rain and Mist!

Iain Jones summited Pen y Fan on November 12th, 2011 [from/via/route] Cwmgwdi [with] Nick Cockayne & Neil Biddle - 27 December 2011 - walked from The Storey Arms; 01 January 2013 - walked from Cwmgwdi; 25 April 2015 - walked from Neuadd Reservoir; 15 July 2018 - walked from The Storey Arms as part of UFC Survival Weekend - Day 3 (Fan Dance)

Bay Wan conquered Pen y Fan on April 30th, 2011 [from/via/route] Not sure, east side. Also completed on 20/5/18 with just Cocoa via the classic horseshoe starting from Storey Arms [with] Cocoa Puppy and Kira dog [weather] Sunny (20/5/18 very sunny and hot!) - 1st big hike with Cocoa

Michael O'Driscoll scaled Pen y Fan on May 31st, 2009 [from/via/route] From Lower Neuadd Reservoir, via Fan y Big, Cribyn, Pen y Fan, Corn Du & Twyn Mwyalchod [with] Yvonne & jamie O'Driscoll [weather] Beautiful - Tough walk

David Buckley walked up Pen y Fan on July 12th, 1993 [with] Julie, Haley & Carlie [weather] Cloudy

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

Lucy Perchard bagged Pen y Fan on August 11th, 2015 [from/via/route] Storey Arms [with] Mum and Dad in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary [weather] Lovely and sunny

To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record

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. . . see all 109 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on or of Pen y Fan

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

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and we shall do our best to publish them.

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