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| Name: | Cefn Coch |
| Hill number: | 3406 |
| Height: | 592.9m / 1945ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2104 Esgeiriau Gwynion [Foel Rhudd] |
| RHB Section: | 30E: Bala to Welshpool |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Berwyns |
| County/UA: | Gwynedd |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Dee (Flint), Severn |
| Watershed: | Severn Estuary, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Liverpool Bay |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey (Tu,5,Dew) |
| Grid ref: | SH 92319 26671 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: thick tussock grass |
| Drop: | 31.3m |
| Col: | 561.7m SH 9250 2692  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 125 (1:25k) OL23E |
| Observations: | ground 20m S at SH 92322 26648 is of similar height |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 71 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Foel y Geifr [S8545] > Cefn Coch > Foel Figenau > Moel Cerigduon > Lledwyn Mawr from GR: SH 94613 27319 | ronaldo333 | 25/02/2024 |
| Very tough hack from Foel Tyn-y-fron. Vaguely considered continuing to the inviting looking Foel Figenau but sufering from a cold and running out of water wisely turned back, hitting the road south of Craig yr Ogof and back to Bwlch y Groes. 8.8km, 332m, 2:10. | Wycombe Wanderer | 10/10/2023 |
| Parked at Bwlch y Groes. Up fence to begin then trod and Heather to M Eunant. Cross country to fence near Carreg Clap. East to stream and Heather bash to Cefn Coch. More Heather and bilberry bashing to Foel TyF. Down fence to Carreg clap then found succession of thin trods to the summit of M y Cerrig. Down fence to the car. | Moorponder | 06/07/2023 |
| Parked at the end of the public road at SH 913 303. Followed GB's splendid route up the forest road, then a short ascent by the old fence posts at up ride/stream from SH 908 292 to the open ridge. Then nice walk along the ridge visiting Lledwyn Mawr, Foel Figenau to Cefn Coch; then a tough section through the heather to Foel Tyn-y-fron. Return retraced route, skirting Foel Figenau on south side, and then into the wood at the kink NE of Moel Cerigduon, along a channel between two rows of trees to the forest road. 16km with 660m ascent, taking me 5h 30m. | silveracorn_alan | 08/04/2023 |
| From Llanuwchllyn for a round of Foel Tyn-y-fron, Cefn Coch, Foel Figenau and Lledwyn Mawr. | rhalstead | 08/01/2023 |
| 14.25 miles 2332ft walk. Foel-Y-Groes, Moel-Y-Cerrig Duon, Foel Tyn-Y-Fron and Cefn Coch. | stephenbuda | 03/06/2022 |
| easy park leaving passing room for others at 91192503 use drainage leet and fence line to Tyn y fron hard heather bash bee line to Cefn Coch return NW of Tyn Y fron using old drainage leet on 500m contour which is not on map then tracks down to road and short walk up road to car 2 hrs 5k | underhill | 05/08/2021 |
| From 545 car park over Moel y Cerrig Duon and Foel Tynedale y Fon. Rough going after Moel. Returned by dropping down onto road and walking back up to car. Good decision for once. | Campbell Singer | 22/06/2021 |
| From the side of the track (91230 30341) near Fedw and used the tracks to reach the fire break which leads onto open hillside, Lledwyn Mawr, round to foel Figenau and then a rather tedious heather bash to Cefn Coch and Foel Tyn y fron. Had to retrace my steps all the way back as I could not locate a forest track that would have made a loop of the walk. Five and a quarter hours for Nine and three quarter mile. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 19/06/2021 |
| From parking near Bwlch. Over the tops the back on road. With B and R | jenx | 14/12/2020 |
| From the west: parked by waterfall just north of zigzag track. Up track then grass and tussock to Foel Tyn-y-fron, then rough ground to Cefn Coch. Used old track from Bwlch y Pawl around hillside: goes most of the way back to the corner in the zigzag track. | PGCE | 13/08/2020 |
| From Moel Maes y llech. Followed the fence down SE, then track through Coed Tyn y fedw. Then took RoW SE. It is obscured by trees, but follows a firebreak to open ground, beginning at SH 90491 27013. Then followed a bit of a path round and up to Bwlch y Pawl, and pathless NE to the summit above a peat hag. Returned much the same way, apart from taking the track down all the way to the road behind Ty'n y fedw. Solo. | Man of Kernow1 | 17/12/2019 |
| From Foel Tyn-y-fron descended to Bwlch y Pawl and then ascended the broad slopes to the summit. From the summit descended ESE to the fence and followed this to the Nant Eiddew Fawr. The ground was very boggy here and all the way beyond the col between Moel y Cerrig Duon and Foel Tyn-y-fron. In fact the vegetation was terrible; tussocks, thick heather and bog. We reached the road near Craig yr Ogof and followed it to the car park at Bwlch a Groes. With JT. | Sprog | 05/05/2019 |
| 1/3 (Cefn Coch/Foel Tyn-Y-Fron(Moel y Pawl)/Foel Ddu) | Fergalh | 11/02/2018 |
| From Foel Figenau took the remains of the track and then direct to the summit. Returned to the car at 912302 via a short descent through the forest from 911286 north of Moel Cerigduon. 3.5 hours for the 3 Deweys. Solo. | bolton | 06/09/2017 |
| Started same as Gerry but continued on forwst track right through to the sheepfold NE of the mighty foel figenau. From there a climb up a gap in the trees. Easiest option is actually in the trees. Above the trees its pretty gnarly. Heathery squishy and a fair bit of peat hagging. Summit is one of 2 or 3 spots. | stig_nest | 18/06/2016 |
| Parked at end of minor road at 913303 (Space for 3 or 4 cars) - Forest road to ride/stream bed at 908292 - Followed old fence posts up ride to ridge - Lledwyn Mawr - Foel Figenau - Cefn Coch - On return, skirted to S. of Foel Figenau & crossed the BWF where it kinks NE of Moel Cerigduon - An easy walk through trees to small quarry in clearing at high point of forest road. (S) | gerrybowes | 03/06/2016 |
| 14 mile hard circular walk from the cattle grid at the bottom of the pass, used ill-defined footpaths up onto Pen Y Boncyn Trefeilw, then along lane to Stac Rhos up the lane to Foel Cedig and Cyrniau Nod, back down taking the pretty much pathless ridge to Cefn Gwyntog, descended and forded the stream west above the waterfall, followed lane to road, then followed lane through forest up onto the moors, struggled through hideous pathless heather up onto Cefn Coch, then across more heather to Foel Y Geifr, then down little path onto Trum Y Gwrgedd and Foel Goch back down to car with half an hour of daylight left. | DanTrig | 13/03/2016 |
| Anti-clockwise round of the four Deweys. 8 miles and almost all off path including a lot of heather/bilberry bashing. 3 1/2 hours. | clivevilla | 12/08/2015 |
| Parking possible by Rhyd-y-bod farm. Lledwyn Mawr, Foel Figenau, Cefn Coch (plenty of rough pathless heather) Foel Tyn-y-fron (relentless pathless heather) Moel Maes-y-llech (right of way through forest is obliterated but was able to detour through new plantation to SW as far as track then over felled section to point where public right of way emerges from the forest). | ijpowell | 16/07/2015 |
| petey | 24/04/2015 | |
| A round of the four Aran Deweys east of the main ridge. | chriswatson | 11/07/2014 |
| From Llanuwchllyn over Lledwyn Mawr and Fowl Figenau before hitting the Berwyn heather! Then out to Foel y Geifr before trudging back over Cefn Coch to Foel Tyn-y-fron. The descent was more pleasant! | SS | 08/03/2014 |
| With 2127. Parked to the west - this side of telephone box. Then attempted to gain the track. Lots of chest high ferns. Finally made the forest edge and found the track. Followed track - never found the path on 1:50. Took a straight line to summit - not too bad. Then took a bearing for 2127 hard going in the 2nd half. Mainly followed the fence all the way to the road - steep in wet conditions. | destaylor | 18/10/2013 |
| Hard through the heather to the summit of Foel Tyn-y-fron from Bwlch y Pawl. Over Cefn Coch, Foel Figenau (steep) and then Lledwyn Mawr. Dropped down to Bryn melyn and back to Coed Tyn-y-fedw to the start point at SH 90249 26527. | MikeM | 04/05/2012 |
| start~ 946274. Climbed Foel y Geifr first then cut across the tops to Cefn Coch and Cefn Goch. Not recomended, death by heather! | steve hudson | 11/06/2008 |
| grass/bog summit; fine Pumlumon/Arans views. parked Ty'n-y-Fedw, forest tk then NW to col; Figenau; Cefn Coch | RHW | 08/10/2000 |
| 2/4 - continued north along ridge | wychwood | blank |
| beckybags | 08/04/2023 | |
| Minto | 17/10/2022 | |
| hughstuart | 31/12/2021 | |
| A Peckish | 23/06/2021 | |
| TREBORK | 09/06/2021 | |
| softsquare | 09/09/2020 | |
| Rob50 | 02/07/2017 | |
| alda | 19/10/2016 | |
| Alex C | 07/10/2016 | |
| dgresty | 04/05/2016 | |
| mae | 30/09/2015 | |
| boxblade | 25/07/2015 | |
| Deedubr | 19/07/2015 | |
| TK | 12/06/2015 | |
| DARRENG | 26/10/2013 | |
| graham28 | 30/09/2013 | |
| stevent0809 | 16/07/2013 | |
| JohnStoneham | 03/06/2013 | |
| salen | 20/05/2013 | |
| Sleepwa1ker | 13/04/2013 | |
| andrew brown | 15/12/2012 | |
| Andy West | 05/08/2012 |