Llan Ddu Fawr

#6953 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

Gallery (1)

Map

Map

Facts and practical information

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. ()

Elevation: 1949 ftProminence: 551 ftCoordinates: 52°18'52"N, 3°46'48"W

Location

WalesUnited Kingdom

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Day trips

Llan Ddu Fawr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Strata Florida Abbey, Pen y Garn, Claerwen, Mynach Falls.

3.7 miSW
Monastery
Strata Florida Abbey, Pontrhydfendigaid
94 min walk • Strata Florida Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The abbey was founded in 1164.
4.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen y Garn
114 min walk • Pen y Garn is a mountain in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales standing at 611 metres above sea level. Pen y Garn tops a 500–600 m high plateau, which includes the controversial Cefn Croes wind farm.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Claerwen
127 min walk • The Claerwen reservoir and dam in Powys, Wales, were the last additions to the Elan Valley Reservoirs system built to provide water for the increasing water demand of the city of Birmingham and the West Midlands.
5.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Mynach Falls, Devil's Bridge
134 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.
4.8 miSE
Lake, Dam
Elan Valley Reservoirs, Rhayader
124 min walk • The Elan Valley Reservoirs are a chain of man-made lakes created from damming the Elan and Claerwen rivers within the Elan Valley in Mid Wales.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve, Devil's Bridge
150 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.
7.1 miNW
Zoo
The Magic of Life Butterfly House, Ponterwyd
182 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.
2.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Desert of Wales
64 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.
2.6 miNW
Church
Eglwys Newydd Church, Devil's Bridge
66 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.
4.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Waun Claerddu
108 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.