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Name: | Foel Wen South Top |
Hill number: | 2097 |
Height: | 687.9m / 2257ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2087 Cadair Berwyn |
RHB Section: | 30E: Bala to Welshpool |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Berwyns |
County/UA: | Wrexham, Powys |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Dee (Flint), Severn |
Watershed: | Severn Estuary, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Liverpool Bay |
Class: | Nuttall, Subsimm, Buxton & Lewis (N,sSim,BL) |
Grid ref: | SJ 10235 33049 |
Summit feature: | ground 3m N of small rock |
Drop: | 21.6m |
Col: | 666.3m SJ 1010 3326 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 125 (1:25k) 255 |
Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15/Trimble GeoXH 6000 Survey of Foel Wen and Foel Wen South Top.pdf |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 459 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
GuyF | 04/04/2097 | |
douglas_easton | 24/03/2024 | |
Dusty | 10/03/2024 | |
8th top of 12 on a 28km circular from Llanarmon D.C continuing from Foel Wen. Nice views back to the main ridge although still a tad misty. Continuation to Mynydd Tawr.... | Dazingdale | 09/03/2024 |
ThomasSmith_07 | 11/08/2023 | |
Jon9018 | 05/07/2023 | |
A clockwise round of hills from usual parking by the bridge. First hill Craig Berwyn boundary, there and back to Cadair Bronwen then followed the ridge finishing on Mynydd Tarw. | Alan Caine | 01/06/2023 |
Walk 7.2 | KatyT | 09/05/2023 |
Nirobi99 | 07/05/2023 | |
richards4379 | 16/04/2023 | |
12.1 mile circular from the old chapel at Pentre in the Ceiriog Valley. Just about space for one car there. We followed the valley road then took the path up to Pentre Pant farm. Just before the farm we forded the stream into access land and climbed up a track which double backs on itself, then follows the fenceline steeply up to Foel Goch. From here it is a easy but pathless walk across the moors to the deleted top Rhos. We then followed the easy trail over Mynydd Tarw, Foel Wen South Top, Foel Wen, Tomle and took the contouring path around to Cadair Bronwen (first bagged in 2007) following the boggy path north to the memorial and up to Pen Bwlch Llandrillo, back to the memorial, then the Bwlch Llandrillo track and road back to the car at Pentre. Surprisingly an easy walk considering no one has ascended this way before! Glorious warm weather with wide views of the whole of North Wales. As it was Easter Saturday we must have seen about 10 people today. Amazingly busy for the Berwyns! | DanTrig | 08/04/2023 |
Clach Liath | 08/04/2023 | |
benwloudon | 20/03/2023 | |
MGT67 | 19/03/2023 | |
with Y | Fabioski | 05/02/2023 |
Velocette | 05/02/2023 | |
Cwm Maen Gwynedd - Godor - Godor N Top - Moel yr Ewig - Cadair Berwyn - Cadair Berwyn N Top - Craig Berwyn - Tomle - Foel Wen - Foel Wen S Top - Mynydd Tarw - Cwm Maen Gwynedd. | Mark Jackson | 26/11/2022 |
Low Cloud and boggy with Steve | Poppyhillwalker | 12/11/2022 |
SimonK | 10/10/2022 | |
haylesb | 10/09/2022 | |
JDMCGARRIGLE | 05/08/2022 | |
Followed Nuttall's route from parking by the bridge at 11858 30633 (No other parking is really available in the area), A Ten and half mile walk taking in the summits of Mynydd Tarw, Foel Wen south top, Foel Wen, Tomle, Cadaie Bronwen, Cadair Berwyn, Cadair Berwyn new top, Moel Sych, Moel yr Ewig, Godor north top and Godor. Just over 3000ft of ascent and taking Five hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 24/07/2022 |
Nuttall walk 7.2: Parked in a small lay-by that could fit two cars by the stream on the minor road before the telephone box: Mynydd Tarw - Foel Wen south top - Foel Wen - Tomle - Cadair Bronwen - Craig Berwyn - Cadair Berwyn - Cadair Berwyn new top - Moel Sych - Moel yr Ewig west top - Moel yr Ewig - Moel Poethion - Godor north top - Godor. Very windy, cold day- one of the coldest June days on record. Good visibility. | Lazylizzie | 12/06/2022 |
ramblyandy | 12/06/2022 | |
I'm not bagging Nuttalls. | Minto | 02/06/2022 |
Anti clockwise circuit of the 600m summits surrounding the eastern Valley starting with the northerly one, returning down the southerly | vegibagger | 02/06/2022 |
Nuttall walk 7.2 with R. | Dan Baddeley | 14/05/2022 |
D-Dog | 30/04/2022 | |
With client Jason. 
www.exploringmidwales.co.uk | Rob Rees | 18/04/2022 |
ceriroberts | 12/03/2022 | |
This is probably the best circular walk to be had in the Berwyns completing the 10 peaks on this hike. 
 
Parked in a small lay-by that could fit two cars by the stream on the minor road before the telephone box, its a 180 degree bend that you struggle to make the turn. 
 
I used the post code SY10 0DE to get to the start of the walk and this gets you into the correct location in the valley and very close to the start. 
 
Walk up to the phone box, take the lane up behind it, go through Maes farmyard and up to the bend in the road. The public right of way up to the left across the fields is clearly waymarked. Good views away towards minor hills on the left. 
From here its very straight forward to follow the route, we went right before the climb up onto the ridge to Cadiar Bronwen which had great views from the top. 
You have to retrace your footsteps up onto Cadair Berwyn and then onto Moel Sych. Then back again and cut across the front of Cadair Berwyn onto Moel Yr Ewig / Godor. From h | Buckleymon | 07/03/2022 |
Wycombe Wanderer | 20/01/2022 | |
Parked at Tin y Ffridd, up to Mynnydd Tarw, on to Foel Wen, next to Tomle, down to saddle bridle way to Bwlxh Mean Gwynedd. Nip up Cadair Bronwen, back to Cadair Berwyn, descent to mines at SJ074326. Contoured south and east to saddle Moel yr Ewig, up to and Godor tops. Descent due east to footpath north of Bryn Gwyn. | andrew.morel | 07/11/2021 |
neilsan | 07/10/2021 | |
rickeeling | 16/09/2021 | |
BaggerGutt | 07/09/2021 | |
andrewroberts | 26/07/2021 | |
nigelcmason2 | 23/06/2021 | |
IainM_77 | 21/06/2021 | |
Bagging four nuttalls along this ridge, lots of ups n downs, some bog, just follow the fence, great views. | Taz38 | 01/06/2021 |
Nuttall route 7.2, parking by the bridge and taking in the summits of Mynydd Tarw, Foel Wen south top, Foel Wen, Tomle, Cadair Berwyn, Cadair Berwyn new top, Moel Sych, Moel yr Ewig, Godor north top and Godor. Showers & cloud. With Harriet and Gillian. First outing after lockdown 3. | richard69 | 11/05/2021 |
Jason Lane | 18/04/2021 | |
CK | SheilaS | 15/04/2021 |
A round of the Maen Gwynedd valley from parking spot near stream. With B and R. | jenx | 15/12/2020 |
AndrewP | 09/12/2020 | |
After Mynydd Tarw on way to Cadair Berwyn etc. | NormanW | 23/08/2020 |
Parked by bridge over stream near Tyn-y-ffridd. Round of Mynydd Tarw, Foel Wen South, Foel Wen, Tomle, Craig Berwyn, Cadair Berwyn North, Cadair Berwyn, Moel yr Ewig, Godor North and Godor. | PGCE | 23/08/2020 |
TREBORK | 31/07/2020 | |
Paul Bevand | 21/07/2020 | |
geoffreycurnock | 07/03/2020 |