Pumlumon Fach

#5739 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Pumlumon Fach is a top of Pen Pumlumon Fawr on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It lies on small ridge heading north-west from the summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr. ()

Elevation: 2178 ftProminence: 66 ftCoordinates: 52°28'17"N, 3°47'13"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Pumlumon Fach – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Plynlimon, The Silver Mountain Experience, Ffrwd Fawr Waterfall, Hafren Forest.

~1820 ftSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Plynlimon
9 min walk • Pumlumon is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, and the highest point in Mid Wales. It is a massif that dominates the surrounding countryside and is the highest point of Ceredigion.
5.3 miSW
52°24'42"N • 3°51'56"W
The Silver Mountain Experience, Ponterwyd
135 min walk • Mine, Museum
6.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Ffrwd Fawr Waterfall, Llanidloes
174 min walk • Ffrwd Fawr is a waterfall in Powys, Wales.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hafren Forest
103 min walk • Hafren Forest lies north-west of Llanidloes, an ancient market town in Mid Wales.
2.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Nant-y-moch Reservoir
57 min walk • Nant-y-moch Reservoir Welsh pronunciation is situated in the Cambrian Mountains in northern Ceredigion, Wales, near Pumlumon. The reservoir which flooded a part of the valley of the River Rheidol and its headwaters derives its name from a stream, the Nant-y-moch, which formerly flowed into the River Rheidol at this spot.
7.1 miSW
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.
1.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Y Garn
41 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.
5.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Cwmsymlog
150 min walk • Cwmsymlog is a short valley, sheltering a hamlet of the same name, in Ceredigion, in the west of Wales. Once an important mining area, but the mining slowly declined and finally came to an end in 1901.
6.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Dylife Gorge
177 min walk • The Dylife Gorge, located near Dylife, Powys, Mid Wales, was carved by the action of the last Ice age. It is headed by the Ffrwd Fawr Waterfall. Before the last Ice age, the River Twymyn did not flow through the valley. When the valley was filled by a glacier, the ice ground out a U-shaped glaciated valley.
3.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Banc Bugeilyn
101 min walk • Banc Bugeilyn is a hill found in Plynlimon between Aberystwyth and Welshpool in the United Kingdom; grid reference SN826925. The summit is class as a Dewey. The height of the summit from sea level is 551 m.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Pistyll y Llyn, Machynlleth
120 min walk • Pistyll y Llyn is one of the tallest waterfalls in Wales and the United Kingdom. It is a horsetail style set of falls which are located in the Cambrian Mountains about 2+1⁄2 miles from Glaspwll in Powys, Wales.