Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park

The view from Tal y Fan is stupendous


Route outline for walk cw225:

Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park  -  Cae Coch Farm  -  Tal y Fan  -  Foel Lwyd  -  Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
1
Welsh
Mountain
Wainwright
0
Wainwrights
 Welsh Nuttall
1
Welsh
Nuttall
Dewey
1
Welsh
Dewey
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
1
Welsh
Marilyn
Bridget
0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Tal y Fan at 610m (2002ft). Tal y Fan is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (135th highest in Wales, 315th highest in England & Wales)

Tal y Fan is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (187th highest in Wales, 437th highest in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (54th highest in Wales, 751st highest in the UK).

Tal y Fan means 'End Peak' in Welsh. The summit of Tal y Fan is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point on the S side of the wall.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Foel Lwyd at 603m (1979ft). Foel Lwyd is also known as a Welsh Dewey (11th highest in Wales, 19th in England & Wales) Foel Lwyd means 'Rocky Bare Hill' in Welsh. The summit of Foel Lwyd is marked by a cairn.


You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

Snowdonia National Park


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

OL17 Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa and Conwy Valley/Dyffryn Conwy


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

115 Snowdon & Caernarfon


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park

In no particular order . . .

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Drum (Carneddau) at the head of the Afon Anafon valley from Foel-ganol

Drum (Carneddau) at the head of the Afon Anafon valley from Foel-ganol

Photo: Arwyn Jones (12)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - The Carneddau from the summit of Tal y Fan

The Carneddau from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (3)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Tal y Fan from Foel Lwyd

Tal y Fan from Foel Lwyd

Photo: Arwyn Jones (9)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Conwy Bay, Great Ormes Head and Llandudno from the summit of Tal y Fan

Conwy Bay, Great Ormes Head and Llandudno from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (2)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Foel-ganol from Foel Dduarth

Foel-ganol from Foel Dduarth

Photo: Arwyn Jones (18)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Pen-y-gaer, Penygadair and Pen y Castell from Tal y Fan

Pen-y-gaer, Penygadair and Pen y Castell from Tal y Fan

Photo: Brian Farrell (1)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Foel Lwyd from the summit of Tal y Fan

Foel Lwyd from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (4)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Conwy Bay from Foel Lwyd

Conwy Bay from Foel Lwyd

Photo: Arwyn Jones (10)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Foel-fras and Carnedd Gwenllian (Carnedd Uchaf) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewellyn beyond from Tal y Fan

Foel-fras and Carnedd Gwenllian (Carnedd Uchaf) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewellyn beyond from Tal y Fan

Photo: Brian Farrell (2)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - On Tal y Fan heading towards Cae Coch with the Conwy Valley in the background
(The Llahsa Apso dog is called Tess)

On Tal y Fan heading towards Cae Coch with the Conwy Valley in the background (The Llahsa Apso dog is called Tess)

Photo: Phil Jackson (2)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Panorama of Pen-y-gaer, Penygadair, Pen y Castell, Foel-fras and Carnedd Gwenllian (Carnedd Uchaf) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewellyn beyond from Tal y Fan

Panorama of Pen-y-gaer, Penygadair, Pen y Castell, Foel-fras and Carnedd Gwenllian (Carnedd Uchaf) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewellyn beyond from Tal y Fan

Photo: Brian Farrell (3)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Me and my two sons Neil and Andrew on Tal y Fan

Me and my two sons Neil and Andrew on Tal y Fan

Photo: Julie Graham (9)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - 360° view from the summit of Tal y Fan

360° view from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (7)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - The view from the summit of Tal y Fan

The view from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (8)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Foel Luss, Penmaen-bach and Mynydd y Dref (Conwy Mountain) from the summit of Tal y Fan

Foel Luss, Penmaen-bach and Mynydd y Dref (Conwy Mountain) from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (5)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Sign Post on Bwlch y Ddeufaen

Sign Post on Bwlch y Ddeufaen

Photo: Arwyn Jones (11)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Foel-fras (midground) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewelyn  beyond from Bwlch y Ddeufaen

Foel-fras (midground) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewelyn beyond from Bwlch y Ddeufaen

Photo: Arwyn Jones (19)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - The trig point on the summit of Tal y Fan

The trig point on the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (1)

Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Mynydd y Dref (Conwy Mountain) from the summit of Tal y Fan

Mynydd y Dref (Conwy Mountain) from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (6)


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