Route outline for walk dn136:
Bwlch Penbarras - The Offa's Dyke Path - Moel Famau - Moel Dywyll - Moel Llys-y-coed - Bwlch Arthur - Gronfoel Farm - Cilcain - Y Pentre - Crug Farm - Ffrith - Bryn Fynnon - Moel Famua Country Park - Bwlch Penbarras.
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:
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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
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 highest in Wales, 139th in England & Wales)Moel Famau is also classified as a Welsh Marilyn (65th highest in Wales, 859th highest in the UK).
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) |
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk dn136 Moel Famau and Moel Dywyll from Bwlch Penbarras
In no particular order . . .

Moel Llys-y-coed summit with Moel Arthur beyond
just off The Offa's Dyke Path

Foel Fenlli and Bwlch Penbarras from The Offa's Dyke Path
on the summit of Moel Famau

The shoulder of Foel Fenlli and a distant Snowdonia from
The Offa's Dyke Path above Bwlch Penbarras
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