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| Name: | Rhymney Hill |
| Hill number: | 15610 |
| Height: | 457m / 1499ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2260 Cefn yr Ystrad |
| RHB Section: | 32C: Neath to Chepstow |
| County/UA: | Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly |
| Catchment: | Taff, Catchment Boundaries, Usk |
| Watershed: | Cardiff to Cape Wrath |
| Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
| Grid ref: | SO 12595 08985 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 78m |
| Col: | 379m SO140076  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 161 (1:25k) OL13S 166E |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 37 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Cairn on top, some wild horses which Pegggy didn't appreciate | davecnash | 21/03/2024 |
| Easy parking at top of housing estate to SSE. Over the gate and up. Blaenau Gwent compleation. | PGCE | 06/12/2023 |
| From an open area at the edge of a housing estate at SO 13383 08698. Through a gate onto the grassy moor and up by various tracks on drier ground to the cairned summit. Descent was more direct, but ended up struggling through reedy bog-land. With MP. 2.2km, with 75m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 06/06/2023 |
| Caught the train to Rhymney and after a bit of exploring headed up the hill. A fairly gentle climb to the top. | Father Ted | 26/01/2023 |
| From Tir-Phil station, after Cefn y Brithdir. Initially tried the bridleway shown on the OS map as running alongside the NW boundary of the school, but this has been blocked off by 'residents', who came out of various sheds to watch me suspiciously as I came and went. Second attempt via the bridleway running north-east from the cattle-grid, much more successful. Zig-zaggy track leads up onto the ridge to the west of the summit, I belatedly discovered that it would have been best to stay on the crest of the ridge and follow it round to the top, as the lower ground between the ridges is boggy and deeply vegetated. Sigh. Great views from the top, although some kind of semi-organised motocross thing meant is was hardly tranquil. Dropped back to Rhymni by following the ridge SW to rejoin the track I came up. | thesweetcheat | 19/09/2022 |
| There's a novelty, wet stuff fell out of the sky. | Martin R | 23/07/2022 |
| from garages like others coudnt find the ROW path but plenty of bike paths | underhill | 06/06/2020 |
| From Gainsborough Road garages- path soon peters out into sheep trods but going not too bad - no heather | Mark Sims | 12/04/2018 |
| Up and down from near the garages. Quite boggy in places. Best way to avoid it: directly up and to the left from the gate over the prominent mound directly behind white telegraph pole, follow this track until it meets a boggy section, which can be avoided by going round the edge to the right. Then short walk to top. Windfarms being built nearby. | amarillo-oro-como | 15/11/2017 |
| Short up and down from Gainsborough Road. | rhalstead | 23/09/2017 |
| On a SW100 recce | milejunkie | 09/04/2017 |
| From Gainsborough Road garages. Fairly straightforward. I did not seem to find the marked paths but it was easy going anyway. | clivevilla | 19/06/2016 |
| From Bryn Bach Park. Pleasant walk up to top on S side of lake. Toppled non-OS survey post approx 200m N of summit cairn at SO 12551 09162. | jonglew | 11/06/2016 |
| Walked up in heavy mist. Spotted a survey pillar on its side nearby. Small pile of stones. | Dusty | 26/03/2016 |
| Blaenau Gwent completion, view of Pen y Fan in snow | Adrian | 06/03/2016 |
| From the garages at the top of Gainsborough Rd in Tredegar. easy walk west to cairn with great views all round despite grey weather. | Campbell Singer | 05/01/2016 |
| Straightforward from top of Gainsborough Rd. Very boggy in places after 3 days of heavy rain. Got wet feet. | Jemma Singer | 05/01/2016 |
| From top of Tredegar on wet moor to small cairn. | arranc | 19/09/2015 |
| From housing estate on east side. Followed track to near top then veered off left to stones on the summit. | PeterD | 16/08/2015 |
| 4/7 Easy climb up from Rhymney town. Nice views from top | Fergalh | 23/11/2014 |
| SO12600 08990 | Anton | 01/09/2012 |
| on a walk from tredegar to rhymney rough open moorland | hodder | 06/12/2006 |
| OK hill & view. easy scruffy tk from residential road high on E slope | RHW | 09/11/2003 |
| kanderson | 26/12/2023 | |
| Matt | 06/05/2023 | |
| Alex C | 01/03/2022 | |
| andrew brown | 25/01/2020 | |
| DARRENG | 25/01/2020 | |
| mae | 18/01/2020 | |
| Pip56 | 20/01/2019 | |
| ngthack | 09/04/2017 | |
| stevent0809 | 04/02/2017 | |
| MM | 20/03/2016 | |
| Tony J | 10/05/2015 | |
| Ramblingpaul | 08/01/2015 | |
| davidpettit84 | 17/03/2007 | |
| andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 |