Walk dn142 Moel Famau from Moel Famau Country Park

Vital Statistics:

Length:	3¾mls (6km)
Ascent:	961ft (293m)
Time:	2½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk dn142:

Moel Famau Country Park  -  Moel Famau  -  The Offa's Dyke Path  -  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

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 Welsh Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 Welsh Nuttalls

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 Moel Famau at 555m (1821ft). Moel Famau is also known as a Welsh Dewey (79th highest in Wales, 141st in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (66th highest in Wales, 860th highest in the UK). Moel Famau means 'Mother Hill' in Welsh and is pronounced 'moil va-my'.

The summit of Moel Famau is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Moel Famau is the highest point in the county of Flintshire.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Offa's Dyke Path, a 287km (178 miles) linear footpath connecting Sedbury Cliffs in Gloucestershire, England with Prestatyn in Denbighshire, Wales. The Offa's Dyke Path is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Offa's Dyke Path.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk dn142 Moel Famau from Moel Famau Country Park

In no particular order . . .

Moel Dywyll from The Offa's Dyke Path North of Moel Famau

Photo: David OLeary (11)

The Offa's Dyke Path sign at Bwlch Penbarras

Photo: David OLeary (1)

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

Photo: David OLeary (6)

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

Photo: David OLeary (3)

Moel Famau summit from The Offa's Dyke Path

Photo: Paul Hancock (2)

Jubilee Tower and The Offa's Dyke Path on the summit of Moel Famau

Photo: David OLeary (9)

Moel Famau from The Offa's Dyke Path above Bwlch Penbarras

Photo: David OLeary (4)

The Offa's Dyke Path approaching the summit of Moel Famau

Photo: David OLeary (5)

Looking South West towards Snowdonia from
The Offa's Dyke Path at Bwlch Penbarras

Photo: David OLeary (2)

Moel Famau summit trig point, Jubilee Tower and The Offa's Dyke Path

Photo: David OLeary (8)

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