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Name:Mynydd Maendy
Hill number:5277
Height:301m / 988ft
Parent (Ma):2288  Craig y Llyn
RHB Section:32C: Neath to Chepstow
County/UA:Rhondda Cynon Taff
Catchment:Ogmore, Catchment Boundaries, Taff
Watershed:Severn Estuary
Class:Hump, Tump (300-399m), Clem
(Hu,Tu,3,Cm)
Grid ref:SS 98068 86158
Summit feature:rock in turf
Drop:135m
Col:166m  SS984875  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 170
(1:25k) 166W
Observations:ground c 40m SW is lower
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 56 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Sunday afternoon with some light rain moving in from the Bristol Channel. Not particularly memorable, but straightforward anyway.Alex C04/09/2022
From SS 9682 8590 via SS 9809 8588 - with no BWFs or wall climbs. Work being carried out on one turbine to the NW - so no lingering.summitsup28/08/2022
Wet run from Llantrisant Forest (Smilog) with Paulinemilejunkie06/01/2022
Large parking area to W. at SS 9683 8595 - Followed RoW to wide gateway at SS 9790 8598 - Left track & NE to top corner of field & then easily over adjacent damaged wall to short section of wooden fencing without barbed wire at SS 9803 8607 - Over fencing & less than 100m to unmarked summit. (S)gerrybowes07/10/2021
From west over 274.PGCE10/07/2019
Foggy walk up from cark park to the left, through a few gates and along the sides of fields. Pretty easy to get disoriented in such thick cloudpenbet23/06/2019
Up through windmills. No views today, just thick fog. Quite eerie.Arbie16/11/2018
From the road high point to W, on Maendy Common. Good parking there. Over pt 274 then down 30m. to old road, lots of private land signs. Ignored one at a gate, got into windfarm at gate(GR:982860) which is on a bridleway ROW, from there tracks to HP. I resented having to spend 45 mins getting onto this trashed hill when there are clearly reasonable walks from the common. Sunshine and Bristol Channel with fog views (Porthcawl was 10 degC colder!) and lots of skylarks were a help. A bit fed up with trashy hills today, I finished with a brilliant good beer guide pub (Pencelli, Treorci), sitting out Rhondda rush hour, rather than Mynydd Gethinpwheeler20/04/2018
From west on cold day. HP In wind farm.PeterD25/02/2018
Simple walk from W.RobertP25/11/2017
From minor road to west.clivevilla25/08/2017
From the road high point to W. Good parking but lots of broken glass!jimbloomer25/05/2016
In windfarm from glynogwr, pfs to ridgeway walk then, Mynydd y gaer, Mynydd Maendy, Mynydd Portreff Trig and Mynydd garthmaelog good viewsunderhill02/08/2015
A walk in from the car park to the west. over 270 metre mound small descent than uphill and over a dry stone wall to windfarm and summit with Chris Peart and Colin Crawford.Dugswell202/07/2015
With Doug and ChrisColin Crawford02/07/2015
Easy walk, among wind turbines.rhalstead03/04/2015
2/8 A walk in from the car park to the west. over 270 metre mound small descent than uphill to windfarmFergalh14/02/2015
Walk over common from car park at SS968859. Summit is situated within windfarm.Ramblingpaul11/02/2015
walk up from car park to the west. over wall to wind turbines. ignore keep out notices. Met Ken Whyte on the top !arranc06/10/2013
On the route of the Rhondda Roundaboutphilhythe11/05/2013
Summit is located within the boundary of a wind farm. Access straight forward, just need a little nerve to walk under one of these monsters when it's pelting round in the wind!jonglew09/02/2013
Llanharan to Black Mill. Stiff headwind meant the turbines were in full throttle but access to summit does't appear to be a problem. Overall I was pleasantly surprised to find this E-W ridge with extensive views over the Vale of Glamorgan & towards the higher parts of the Valleys.Smudge09/12/2012
have done windmill walk loads - cant get to actual peak though pretty close due to private land of windfarmrypj8309/10/2011
Horrible ugly inefficient wind power station and 'keep off' signs ruin what looks like was a nice looking hillMartin R30/07/2011
Parked W of hill. Ridgeway Walk then onto the hill. Highest point seems to be S of track.chrisbien10/05/2011
Walked up from road to the west with colleague from Tunisia and China. A very still mild evening. A Range Rover approached us when we were at the top but just drive past even though we were not stricktly on the footpath.Father Ted14/04/2011
From park to the West. Very good grassy track.destaylor14/05/2010
walked up the footpath from the Griffin pub to join the ffordd-y-bryniau ridgeway path.These are a series of well constructed footpaths the summit is flat topped and dominated by wind turbines.hodder09/03/2009
wind fm, access to summit discouraged. fp from car pk at 968859 RHW17/08/2002
TedCymru10/08/2022
Rob5031/05/2022
abbo000110/01/2022
ianwatson27/04/2021
carole engel08/10/2018
Adrian20/06/2018
Kiltie16/05/2018
MM22/04/2017
GaryJones24/01/2017
sarabines28/10/2015
TREBORK17/09/2015
Dusty05/07/2015
Chris Peart02/07/2015
nicolajane08/03/2015
GordonAdshead09/07/2014
AndyS06/06/2014
Alan Whatley07/12/2013
chalky195306/10/2013
Anton22/09/2012
Campbell Singer02/09/2012
mae01/09/2012