Mwdwl-eithin

#4125 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mwdwl-eithin is the highest point on the Denbigh Moors of North Wales. This gently rising mountain lies about 10 miles east of Betws-y-Coed. On its summit is a trig point and a ruined building which still provides shelter against a storm. A few metres away is a large raised stone cairn. ()

Elevation: 1745 ftProminence: 863 ftCoordinates: 53°4'21"N, 3°37'5"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Mwdwl-eithin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alwen Reservoir, Llyn Alwen, Llyn Brenig, Llyn Aled.

1.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Alwen Reservoir
40 min walk • The Alwen Reservoir or Cronfa Alwen is a 5 kilometres long reservoir near Pentre-Llyn-Cymmer in Conwy County Borough, Wales.
2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Alwen
50 min walk • Llyn Alwen is a small natural upland lake on Mynydd Hiraethog in Conwy County Borough, Wales at SH 898 565. It lies on the rolling Silurian moorland to the north-west of Mwdwl-eithin and about 10 km to the east of Betws y Coed.
3.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Brenig
96 min walk • Llyn Brenig is a reservoir located on Denbigh Moors in North Wales. The artificial lake, which was constructed between 1973 and 1976, was created by building an embankment dam across the Afon Brenig valley.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Aled
58 min walk • Llyn Aled is a lake on Mynydd Hiraethog in the Conwy County Borough. It is situated north of the A543 and 7 kilometres to the north-east of the village of Pentrefoelas.
5.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel y Gydros
137 min walk • Moel y Gydros is a hill located just outside the Snowdonia National Park on the Gwynedd / Conwy border in North Wales. The B4501, Frongoch to Cerrigydrudion road skirts the hills lower slopes.
6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Maelogan
153 min walk • Moel Maelogan is a hill on the western edge of Mynydd Hiraethog in north Wales, and overlooking the Conwy Valley. It is known mostly as the general location of a wind farm.
3.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Denbigh Moors
89 min walk • Denbigh Moors is an upland region in Conwy and Denbighshire in north-east Wales, between Snowdonia and the Clwydian Range. It includes the large reservoirs Llyn Brenig and Llyn Alwen, and the Clocaenog Forest, which has one of Wales's last populations of red squirrels.
4.1 miSE
Village
Cerrigydrudion
105 min walk • Cerrigydrudion, sometimes spelt Cerrig-y-drudion, is a village and community in Conwy, Wales. Until 1974 it was part of the historic county Denbighshire, when it became part of the newly formed county of Clwyd.

Mwdwl-eithin

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Mwdwl-eithin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)