Pen y Garn

#2465 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Pen y Garn is a mountain in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales standing at 611 metres above sea level. ()

Elevation: 2005 ftProminence: 636 ftCoordinates: 52°22'43"N, 3°46'1"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Pen y Garn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Silver Mountain Experience, Mynach Falls, Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve, The Magic of Life Butterfly House.

4.7 miNW
52°24'42"N • 3°51'56"W
The Silver Mountain Experience, Ponterwyd
121 min walk • Mine, Museum
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Mynach Falls, Devil's Bridge
90 min walk • Mynach Falls is a waterfall near Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It occurs where the River Mynach drops 90 metres in 5 steps down a steep and narrow ravine before it meets the River Rheidol.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve, Devil's Bridge
103 min walk • Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve forms part of the long ribbon of woodland adjoining the Afon Mynach and Afon Rheidol around the lower slopes of hills near Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion.
5.4 miW
Zoo
The Magic of Life Butterfly House, Ponterwyd
138 min walk • The Magic of Life Butterfly House is an all-weather butterfly zoo visitor attraction near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion in Wales. It was opened in July 2002 by rain forest conservationist, the Earl of Cranbrook.
5.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Y Garn
133 min walk • Y Garn is a subsidiary summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr and the fourth highest peak on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.
5.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Desert of Wales
130 min walk • The Desert of Wales, or Green Desert of Wales, is a large area in central Wales, so called because of its lack of roads and towns and its inaccessibility. The term was invented by English travel writers in the nineteenth century and has no equivalent in the Welsh language.
2.8 miSW
Church
Eglwys Newydd Church, Devil's Bridge
72 min walk • Eglwys Newydd Church is an early 19th-century church which replaced a previous chapel of ease. The chapel of ease was originally at Trisant but was moved to this site around 1620 by the Herbert family, owners of the Hafod estate.
2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Y Glog, Ponterwyd
61 min walk • Y Glog or Draws Drum is a mountain in Ceredigion, Wales. It is 574 metres above sea level and is located a few miles south of Pumlumon, north of Pen y Garn and just south of the A44 road. It is a HuMP.
4.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Llan Ddu Fawr
114 min walk • Llan Ddu Fawr or Waun Claerddu is one of the highest summits in Ceredigion, Wales, at 594 metres. It is located about 10 miles south of Pumlumon. The surrounding land can be very boggy. There is a trig point at the summit, but this is not the highest point. The peak is located within the region known as the Desert of Wales.
0.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun Claerddu
13 min walk • Llan Ddu Fawr is the summit of Waen Claerddu in the Cambrian Mountains. Height: 594m, prominence 168 m. It is located a few miles south of Pumlumon in the county of Ceredigion, Wales, and north-west of Llyn Fyrddon-Fach. The area is considerably boggy. There is a trig point.