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

Vital Statistics:

Length:	4mls (6.5km)
Ascent:	1,023ft (312m)
Time:	2½hrs
Grade:

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:

1 Welsh Mountain

0 Wainwrights

1 Welsh Nuttall

1 Welsh Dewey

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Welsh Marilyn

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.

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

In no particular order . . .

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

Photo: Brian Farrell (2)

The Carneddau from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (3)

Foel Lwyd from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (4)

360° view from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (7)

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

Photo: Brian Farrell (1)

The view from the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (8)

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

Photo: Arwyn Jones (6)

The trig point on the summit of Tal y Fan

Photo: Arwyn Jones (1)

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

Photo: Julie Graham (9)

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

Photo: Arwyn Jones (5)

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