| Name: | Moel Famau |
| Hill number: | 2041 |
| Height: | 554.9m / 1821ft |
| County/UA: | Flintshire [Sir Fflint], Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych] |
| Topographical area: | WN07 Gamelin-famau |
| SMC/RHB section: | 30C: Llandudno to Wrexham |
| Catchment: | Clwyd, Catchment Boundaries, Dee (Flint) |
| Historic County: | Flintshire [Sir Fflint] |
| Administrative County: | Flintshire [Sir Fflint] (1889-1974) |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Historic County Top, Administrative County Top, Current County/UA Top, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,5,Dew,CoH,CoA,CoU,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SJ 16124 62674 |
| Summit feature: | ground by wall on N corner of tower |
| Drop: | 281.7m |
| Col: | 273.2m SJ 1828 5164  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 116 (1:25k) 265 |
| Observations: | summit is 45m from trig point (SJ 16167 62656) on a bearing of 292 degrees |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica 530 Survey of Moel Famau (Final).doc |
| Comments: | Height of centre of tower measured with Leica 530 GPS is 561.3m which compares with 561.5m as measured by Abney level and Leica Disto A8. Col height from LIDAR |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 864 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 11km circular run | sturuss | 03/08/2024 |
| Parked in the P&D car park at Bwlch Penbarras. ODP around western side of Foel Fenlli to summit, direct descent to car park and northern ridge path to Moel Famau, Moel Dywyll, Moel Arthur and Penycloddiau, returning to 2nd car preparked at the bwlch to the SE of Penycloddiau. Busy on Moel Famau. Blustery cloudy day but with views. With Gillian, Woolly Hattie and Mike. | richard69 | 20/07/2024 |
| Parking restrictions on the Bwlch Penbarras coral motorists into the P&D CPs - arrive early to bag the few opportunities to park for free | Isbjorn | 21/06/2024 |
| Fine walk up from SW with Twiggy, who enjoyed the soft green turf. | desperate dan | 01/06/2024 |
| Direct route up and back from the main car park on a very windy spring evening with R and T. A little light rain and a rainbow when we were up the top. I took a slight short cut on the way back, going over rather than round the final hill. | clyoung | 07/04/2024 |
| With Sal doing Offa's Day 2 N-S from Bodfari | davechaffey | 07/04/2024 |
| With VM. From Car Park, good views. | robertgn | 01/04/2024 |
| Moel Arthur cp and back. | Flatfield | 16/03/2024 |
| Parked in the main car park. Two paths are offered, one more strenuous than the other. Very cloudy and windy day, occasional gaps in cloud offering great westward views to Eryri. | flynn | 04/02/2024 |
| Moel Arthur car park > Moel Llys-y-coed > Moel Famau | JPW | 01/01/2024 |
| From SJ 1718 6475, off path, over the tussocks. | robertgn | 07/10/2023 |
| Parked at main car park for Moel Famau, £2 for 4hrs and £5 all day, very reasonable. Ascended Foel Fenlli first directly, then up Moel Famau via the tourist gravel Path back the same way. Horrible tower thing on top. Shame it was so hazy as the views would have been decent. Dry though, 2hrs for the whole walk. | chillyman8 | 17/09/2023 |
| With L | Janet M | 16/09/2023 |
| Enjoyable round from free roadside parking 75m down the road from the official paid parking at the top end. Moel Famau, Moel Dywyll via Offas Dyke path, skirting Famau to the east on the way back before enjoyable cut southwards through forest, on an excellent track used by the Rangers 4x4s | Alfa1M | 25/08/2023 |
| Interesting top/tower but no views due to thick mist | mazz | 22/07/2023 |
| In the fog | jef | 31/03/2023 |
| Lovely long walk around the hills as spring began to show. tough ascent with new boots but worth the excellent views and very out-of-place looking monument. | joed293 | 26/03/2023 |
| From Moel Arthur car park with off ridge variants (10 km) | ByPathsLessTravelled | 07/03/2023 |
| From Moel Arthur car park, returned by diversion into cwm above Cilcain (10.5 km) | ByPathsLessTravelled | 14/02/2023 |
| From Cilcain water works, ascent direct, descent traversing below ridge of Moel Dywyll and passing Plas-newydd (11 km) | ByPathsLessTravelled | 07/02/2023 |
| From the lane to Bwlch Penbarra, via the Clwyd Forest and hollow blue trail to the summit. Down by the Offa's Dyke Path. My standard route. 6.8km, with 260m of ascent. All my ascents of Moel Fama are recorded at: https://peakery.com/moel-fama-united-kingdom/ My 500th Ascent of Moel Fama, and entry to Level I of the Poly-baggers' Hall of Fame (see at https://sites.google.com/view/baggerswithoutborders/home/polybaggers-register-hall-of-fame). An approximate total of 3,400km, with 130km of ascent over the years. | Man of Kernow1 | 27/12/2022 |
| out and back from moel arthur car park moel dywyll, moel famau and moel llys y coed (stone circle not on map) 10.5 ks 3 hrs | underhill | 20/12/2022 |
| A lovely sunny afternoon with fabulous views from the top of the tower. Came up from the car park at Bwlch Penbarras. Number plate recognition then card payment on exiting - £2. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 25/11/2022 |
| From Bwlch Penbarras car park. easy 5km up and down | teamnaughtyfamjam | 05/11/2022 |
| From Bwlch Penbarra car park to south. | jonglew | 17/10/2022 |
| Bike ride with Borders Gravel Gang | maguidhir | 25/09/2022 |
| Part of a circular walk. From Foel Fenlli, steep descent south on path to woods, then along edge of fields before picking up a good track all round the hillside to the pass road. Crossed over and a steady climb through the forest on tracks to reach open land not far from the summit. Final pull to Jubilee Tower on summit. Excellent viewpoint. | Amplifier | 07/09/2022 |
| Cycled up to the col at Bwlch Penbarra and whizzed up to the top alongside a fundraiser for a hospice. The last of the Wales historic county tops completed. | pclyndes | 04/09/2022 |
| Started walk from Cilcain, then followed Offa's Dyke path back north | RichardW | 03/09/2022 |
| From car park at col. good track to summit. Popular today with severa dzen on track. Good view point from tower remains. Multicoloured trig point adjacent. | cjo | 28/08/2022 |
| Moel Famau and Foel Fenlli from Bwlch Pen Barres. | Mark Jackson | 28/08/2022 |
| Parked at Bwlch Penbarra car park (only £1.50 for the whole day). Firstly popped to the top of Foel Fenlli, before returning to the car to collect my rucksack for the longer journey north over Moel Famau, Moel Dywyll, Moel Llys-y-coed, then a big descent and ascent to Moel Arthur, and Moel Plas-yw. As no car to collect me, I had to walk south back along the ridge to Bwlch Panbarra. Mainly on Offa's Dyke trail with many people in glorious sunshine and a refreshing breeze. 21km with 1040m ascent in 6 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 07/08/2022 |
| with K included Moel Fenlli | Fabioski | 24/07/2022 |
| Straight up and down as the rain advanced. Need to revisit on a brighter day 4.5km in 1hr | Nicky C | 23/07/2022 |
| From Penbarras CP, £1.50. Unlike deserted FF opposite, this one had many walkers and 58 primary school children! Not quiet, but superb views. | iangalbraith | 05/07/2022 |
| Drove with Lindsey from WK, parked at Bwlch Penbarra approx 09.00. Followed Offa's Dyke LDP to summit of Moel Famau and Jubilee Tower. Continued on path to Moel Arthur summit then retraced steps to car. Overcast morning, cloud on hills at first, lifted later. Approx 9.56 miles with 2,480 feet total ascent. | Skip | 02/05/2022 |
| Moel y Plas, Moel Llanfair, Moel Gyw, Moel Eithinen, Foel Fenlli, Moel Famau | keithouk | 02/05/2022 |
| From Bwlch Penbarra car park up ODP. Warm and sunny. | vuirich | 24/03/2022 |
| Coed Moel carpark (£2 to park, but machine wasn't working this time) purple route with the scenic path to the top. | M6KIO | 21/03/2022 |
| Usually go up from forest car park then along the ridge to the Bwlch and back down to the car park - good sunday walk to clear the head | Woolly Hattie | 31/01/2022 |
| Walk up with Jess | Buckleymon | 13/01/2022 |
| From Penycloddiau car park, via Moel Arthur | welshe | 02/01/2022 |
| from Coed Moel Famau car park to summit up purple route and back along offa's dyke path | Lancylass | 31/12/2021 |
| Circular of Moel Famau (clockwise from south), then circular of Foel Fenlli (anti-clockwise from north). | Dan Baddeley | 07/11/2021 |
| Came up from Circain. Not cold but wet with a very low cloud base so didn't see anything at all from the top. | davert123 | 12/09/2021 |
| with L | Fabioski | 05/09/2021 |
| En route from Chester solo | HillNombre | 04/09/2021 |
| Had a extended walk up to the summit from Tafarn-y-Gelyn with Alma Aurea through the forest. This is at least my third visit to this pleasant summit, bit hazy and grey today but warn. | meltdiceburg | 27/06/2021 |
| Highest hill in the Clwydian range | NyeBowman | 05/06/2021 |
| A lovely early summer walk from the car park near Loggerheads. Great views all the way from Cadair Idris to the main Snowdonia ranges. | andrewcoles | 04/06/2021 |