Rhos Fawr

#3859 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone. With a height of 660 metres, it is the highest point in the Radnor Forest and the historic county top of Radnorshire. ()

Elevation: 2165 ftProminence: 1243 ftCoordinates: 52°16'1"N, 3°11'59"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Rhos Fawr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hergest Ridge, St Stephen's Church, Black Mixen, Bleddfa Castle.

6.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hergest Ridge
168 min walk • Hergest Ridge is a large elongated hill which traverses the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom, between the town of Kington in Herefordshire and the village of Gladestry in Powys.
5.1 miSE
Church
St Stephen's Church
132 min walk • St Stephen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. It was constructed in the 15th century in perpendicular gothic style on the site of a 6th-century church.
0.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mixen
25 min walk • Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
3.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Bleddfa Castle
82 min walk • Bleddfa Castle was a motte and bailey structure near Llangunllo in modern-day Powys, Wales. It is believed to have been built before 1195 and abandoned by 1304.
6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stanner Rocks
154 min walk • Stanner Rocks is a rounded hill, steep in parts, which lies close to the Wales border with England between Walton and Kington. A superb collection of wild plants can be found here.
2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bache Hill
51 min walk • Bache Hill is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos, in the Radnor Forest in Wales. It is located to the east of Black Mixen.
4.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Castle Nimble
126 min walk • Castle Nimble was a motte and bailey defensive fortification near Old Radnor, in Radnorshire, Wales. Castle Nimble appears to have had an oval-shaped ditched motte, with a semi-rectangular bailey, and some other enclosures, including possibly a pond.
5.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gwaunceste Hill
138 min walk • Gwaunceste Hill is a 542-metre-high hill in the county of Powys in east Wales. It falls within the communities of Gladestry and Glascwm around 4 km east of the village of Hundred House and about 2 km north of the hamlet of Glascwm.
6.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Buddugre Castle
158 min walk • Buddugre Castle was a motte and bailey defensive fortification overlooking the River Ithon, located in the community of Llanddewi Ystradenny, in Radnorshire, Wales.