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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11mls (17.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,389ft (728m) | |
| Time: | 6½ hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route outline for walk dn112:
- Moel Famau Country Park - Moel Famau - The Offa's Dyke Path - Moel Dywyll - Moel Llys-y-coed - Bwlch Arthur - Gronfoel Farm - Cilcain - Y Pentre - Crug Farm - Ffrith - Bryn Fynnon - Moel Famau Country Park.
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
The Tower on top of Moel Famau was built to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of George III. It was wrecked by a storm in 1862
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 0 Welsh Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 Welsh Nuttalls |
 1 Welsh Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Welsh Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
The highest point of this walk is Moel Famau at 555m (1821ft). Moel Famau is the highest point in the county of Flintshire. Moel Famau is also known as a Welsh Dewey (78th in Wales, 138th in England & Wales)Moel Famau is classified as a Marilyn (65th highest in Wales, 859th highest in the UK).
For more details about what constitutes a Mountain and Mountain & Hill Classifications see: Peaks & Mountains.
For more details about peak bagging and how to record your achievements see: Peak Bagging.
This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map 265 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 116 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk dn112 Moel Famau and Moel Dywyll from Moel Famau Country Park
In no particular order . . .
The larger beacon or cairn on the summit of Moel Dywyll
on The Offa's Dyke Path
Moel Dywyll, Moel Llys, Moel Arthur and The Offa's Dyke Path
from the summit of Moel Famau
The smaller beacon or cairn on the summit of Moel Dywyll
on The Offa's Dyke Path
Glyder Fach (centre left), Glyder Fawr (centre) and Tryfan (centre right) from Pen Llithrig y Wrach
Foel Fenlli and Bwlch Penbarras from The Offa's Dyke Path
on the summit of Moel Famau
. . . load all 22 walk photos from Walk dn112 Moel Famau and Moel Dywyll from Moel Famau Country Park
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