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| Name: | Pen y Fan |
| Hill number: | 5251 |
| Height: | 142m / 466ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2215 Mynydd Carningli |
| RHB Section: | 31C: South-West Wales |
| County/UA: | Pembrokeshire [Sir Benfro] |
| Catchment: | Minor Rivers only (South) |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (100-199m), Clem (Hu,Tu,1,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SN 00559 41160 |
| Summit feature: | ground within 2m of trig point |
| Drop: | 136m |
| Col: | 6m SN013399  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 145 157 (1:25k) OL35E |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 148 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Anti clockwise walk from Pwllgwaelod via Cwm yr Eglwys. | androc | 19/08/2023 |
| Up from Pwllgwaelod in very thick mist/fog. Could only hear the sea | garyhoney | 17/02/2023 |
| Clockwise from the CP at Cwm-yr-Eglwys (£3 in honesty box). Muddy on the east side descent. Windy. | Newton Maximus | 04/01/2023 |
| Circular anti-clockwise walk from the ruined church with K, M and X. Sunny but with strong wind. Lovely walk, one chough and quite a few razorbills and guillemots nesting on needle rock. Lovely. | Herbert Anchovy | 17/04/2022 |
| Part of a clockwise circular walk starting at Pen Y Foel, around Dinas Head in fantastic conditions, blue skies, sunshine and awesome views. Pwll Glass to Needle Rock mid-cliff path has a couple of exposed sections if you're taking this route up. | AdSonic74 | 11/02/2022 |
| See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/637839763 | outlawcatcher | 15/01/2022 |
| Circular hike on Dinas Island | manilena | 15/01/2022 |
| From the CP by The Old Sailors cafe (Was closed unfortunately) clockwise walk spening some time by the Trig point. | M6KIO | 06/09/2021 |
| From Pwllgwaelod Beach car park, a clockwise circuit of Dinas Island. Spent some time on the beach at Cwm-Er-Egwlys | ekm | 09/08/2021 |
| From Pwllgwaelod Beach car park, a clockwise circuit of Dinas Island. Followed by a swim in the sea on a very hot day. | PGCE | 18/07/2021 |
| From Pwllgwaelod Beach car park at 004399, an excellent clockwise walk around Dinas Island. | gerrybowes | 17/07/2021 |
| With Bev | simon and co | 12/09/2020 |
| Good viewpoint on the Newport to Pwllgwaelod section of the Coast Path. | milimana | 22/12/2019 |
| Lovely circular walk around Dinas Head. | twg27 | 26/06/2019 |
| From the car park at 004399. A 45 minute return solo walk. Great views! | bolton | 01/01/2019 |
| Clockwise round Dinas Island | Poolton123 | 14/08/2018 |
| Clockwise tourist route with Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 13/08/2018 |
| Claimed as part of a circular walk around the island | roadbiker32 | 25/07/2018 |
| Lovely walk round the coastal path from Pwllgwaslod. | clivevilla | 16/07/2018 |
| On the Pembrokeshire Coast Path on a circular walk to Newport and back to take in the inland tors. | nickywood1 | 24/03/2018 |
| Gorgeous sunny day for a walk around Dinas Head, whilst camping at Newport ( Parreg). Trig at Highpont. | Denise | 22/09/2016 |
| Anti-clockwise from sailing club carpark at SN014400 - free in winter. Using the carpark 900m W might be better at busier times. | jimbloomer | 16/01/2016 |
| Dinas Cross to Newport. 2nd visit apparently - perhaps why I had a strong sense of deja vu in places. | Smudge | 11/09/2015 |
| 3/3 Long walk up from caravan park....nice views of cliffs... | Fergalh | 08/08/2015 |
| Another hill that I have walked several times but I know that I was with the South Wales LDWA for sure on the claimed date. | morgs4mountains | 28/06/2015 |
| Completed on Pembrokeshire coastal path between Fishguard and Newport | Ramblingpaul | 24/06/2015 |
| Easy stroll up from the south west. Quite busy despite the high winds. | chriswatson | 17/05/2015 |
| Bagged walking from Newport to Fishguard. | mad max | 28/04/2015 |
| Great circular w Jenx | nordicstar | 04/04/2015 |
| As part of Wales Coast Path section Goodwick - Newport on a stunningly sunny early autumn day. Another important change of views from here on, as we started round Newport Bay. | thesweetcheat | 21/09/2014 |
| With Emily, Joe & Tom whilst Nicky slept in car. bagged summit of Pen y Fan | fnem | 28/08/2014 |
| Walked round Dinas Island in evening after arriving at Newport YHA for a long weekend of trigging, hill-walking, island visiting and benchmarking. Free parking. | jonglew | 25/07/2014 |
| £2.00 parking fee by beach. follow coastal path around cliffs to the top. | arranc | 12/09/2013 |
| Visited while staying at Dinas Island Farm. Stunning scenery and walk. | MattD2010 | 22/08/2012 |
| Great walk roun Dinas Island.Wonderful views.With Bridget and Oscar. | catman | 22/06/2012 |
| With Catman and Oscar. | rosiebridge | 22/06/2012 |
| With Catman and Bridget. | oscarrosie | 22/06/2012 |
| From either car park. Would be very pleasant if the wind and rain hadn't been there. | destaylor | 11/11/2011 |
| With Anna from car park at Pwll Gwaelog. Nice easy stroll there and back. | citygent | 15/09/2011 |
| Morning mist about to be burnt off by hot sun. Why is permissive path closure about 'my safety'? | Martin R | 25/07/2011 |
| CP at the pub. Up coastal path. The permissive path has been closed - for the protection of the public! | chrisbien | 11/05/2011 |
| Super walk all round Dinas Island from holiday cottage. | G4OWG | 26/09/2010 |
| With: hb; Passed this whilst walking the Pembrokeshire Coast path from Fishguard through to Newport. Great location and good views. | Ian Baines | 11/08/2010 |
| With: ib; | Helen Baines | 11/08/2010 |
| Excellent cliff walk from free car park at Pwllgwaelod. | PeteF | 22/07/2010 |
| From Cwm-yr-Eglwys | summitsup | 20/09/2009 |
| Visit to pillar | Dusty | 10/05/2009 |
| Visited while walking the Pembrokeshire Coast Path | rhalstead | 11/04/2009 |
| From the busy car park at Pwllgwaelod to collect my 6th HUMP of today. | Dugswell2 | 15/02/2009 |
| Past this point in the 1980s when walking coast of England and Wales. It was nice to make this revisit. An excellent place to be. | Father Ted | 24/08/2008 |