| Name: | Fan Brycheiniog - Trig Point |
| Hill number: | 2230 |
| Height: | 801.7m / 2630ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 5603 Fan Brycheiniog - Twr y Fan Foel |
| County/UA: | Powys |
| Topographical area: | WS01 Brycheiniog-betws |
| SMC/RHB section: | 32A: Llandovery to Monmouth |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Brecon Beacons |
| Catchment: | Tawe |
| Class: | Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Trail 100, Other lists (BL,Bg,T100,O) |
| Grid ref: | SN 82536 21798 |
| Summit feature: | grassy knoll 1m NE of trig point |
| Drop: | 4m |
| Col: | 798m SN824219  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 160 (1:25k) OL12W |
| Observations: | cairn 290m NNE at SN 82436 22065 (hill 5063) is 0.75m higher |
| Survey: | Leica NA730 Survey of Fan Brycheiniog (Final).doc |
| Comments: | B&L, Bridge and Trail 100 top. Marilyn/Hewitt/Nuttall replaced by hill 5603. See Database Notes |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 596 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From near St John the Baptist church in Glyntawe: Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog trig point, Fan Brycheiniog - Twr y Fan Foel, Fan Foel, Bannau Sir Gaer - Picws Du, Waun Lefrith, Carreg Yr Ogof and Garreg Las [Twyn-Swnd]. Still quite windy- day after Storm Lilian. Lots of ponies on this route. | Lazylizzie | 23/08/2024 |
| Parked at Glasfynydd Forest car park. Scaled Fan Foel and Fan Brycheiniog peaks on circular hike. Very windy conditions | matt98p | 27/04/2024 |
| With Peter Thirkettle | psburgess | 09/02/2024 |
| With Sarah. | Rob Rees | 01/02/2024 |
| A walk with Alma Aurea up Fan Brycheiniog. We might have done a longer route but the good weather forecast kept changing and in the end we started late (and nearly didn't go at all). We walked up the valley to Llyn y Fan Fawr with the cloud just about clearing off in front of us, some showers and wind. It cleared off the main summit just in time so we continued up and finally the sun came out, but only late afternoon! So we visited Fan Foel and then Fan Hir on a ridge descent, but Bannau Sir Gaer - Picws Du will have to wait for another day. Beautiful once it cleared. /D | meltdiceburg | 22/10/2023 |
| Day five of Dragons Back Race | emily | 08/09/2023 |
| Ascended Gwter Goch to the summit ridge from Llyn y Fan Fach - slightly grassy & chossy but well protected and a steady push directly up the cliff. Walked round the ridge to Fan Hir, back to Waun Lefrith & bivvied on the west end above Llyn y Fan Fach | Barns150 | 09/04/2023 |
| With James | This Dog | 06/04/2023 |
| 13.5 mile 3188ft walk, start at Glyntawe Church layby, follow Beacons Way up to Llyn Y Fan Fawr and on to Llyn Y Fan Fach then up to Waun Lefrith and follow ridge to Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Twr Y Fan Foel, Fan Foel and Picws Du, then followed Beacons Way back to Layby . | stephenbuda | 04/03/2023 |
| Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog - Trig Point | keithouk | 17/08/2022 |
| Just less less than summit | vegibagger | 19/06/2022 |
| Llyn y Fan Fach Circular with Sarah | PGT1975 | 02/05/2022 |
| Moel Feity to the source of the Tawe, up to Llyn y Fan Fawr, along the Beacons Way to the foot of Fan Foel, round towards Llyn y Fan Fach but cut up a steep path to the bwlch between Picws Du and Fan Foel, Picws Du, back over Fan Foel and Fan Brycheiniog, back down to Llyn y Fan Fawr, followed a river to the road, finished with Cefn Cul at sunset. On my own, sunshine with some cloud and quite windy at times. | clyoung | 24/04/2022 |
| 17 mile 3469ft walk, start at Dan Yr Ogof Show Caves Camp Site, follow Beacons Way up over Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Twr Y Fan Foel, Fan Foel, Picws Du and Waun Lefrith, down to Llyn Y Fan Fach follow low Beacons Way around to Llyn Y Fan Fawr and back to Dan Yr Ogof. | stephenbuda | 16/04/2022 |
| Peak - 801.7m. Hike Stats: 22km; 7 hours; 1,045m ascent. Long looping hike including Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Fan Foel and Picws Du. | complicatedaussie | 12/03/2022 |
| As part of ridgetop loop | freethehilltops | 12/09/2021 |
| Part of a two day trip across the Black Mountain | LaurieIson21 | 13/08/2021 |
| Fan Brycheiniog circular walk on a beautiful sunny day. | JazDisney | 31/05/2021 |
| Circuit from Llyn Fan Fach car park | Ajm0310 | 29/04/2021 |
| Followed the Beacons Way & South Wales Traverse from Picws Du | lboutside | 18/04/2021 |
| On the way to the Marilyn. | NormanW | 29/09/2020 |
| From Glyntawe and then along the high level Beacons Way path. A superb cliff-edge walk on an extremely blustery but sunny day, taking in all the required tops of Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog Trig, Twr y Fan Foel, Fan Foel, Bannau Sir Gaer, and Waun Lefrith, returning via the cliff underface and its two sparkling llyns. Great walk! | summitter | 19/09/2020 |
| A spot of lunch sheltered in the round shelter | Toobuddy | 06/09/2020 |
| Black Mountain Ridge Walk | sionbrit | 05/09/2020 |
| From Tafarn-y-Garreg directly on to ridge, then along to Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Fan Foel, Picws Du and Waun Lefrith before walking back underneath the ridge. | welshyboyo | 14/07/2020 |
| With trimarc2. Started out in the gorgeous sunshine - weather deteriorated but not our festive spirits! Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Picws Du, Waun Lafrith, Garreg Las. Finished with a late lunch in front of the fire at Tafarn-y-Garreg. Exceptional. | Fionalevey | 19/12/2019 |
| As described by Fiona | trimarc2 | 19/12/2019 |
| With E. Parked on minor road to E (Bwlch Cerrig Dion) and followed small intermittent path past ruins to Llyn y Fan Fawr. Good picnic/drink stop. Then up path to Fan Brycheiniog - Trig Point where drifting clouds limited visibility along ridge. Continued onto Fan Brycheiniog - Twr y Fan Foel and then historic county summit of Carmarthenshire at Fan Foel. Returned by same route bagging Fan Brycheiniog South - East Top on way back. Great walk just a shame the drifting clouds on the day restricted our views. | Beeliner | 13/07/2019 |
| Walked from car park on A4069. Out and back loosely following the Beacons Way to summit Garreg Lwyd, Foel Fraith, Garreg Las, Waun Lefrith, Bannau Sir Gaer, Fan Foel, Fan Brycheiniog, Fan Hir. High temperatures, clear skies and terrific views made for a very enjoyable day out. | muzza2 | 05/07/2019 |
| DofE remote solo supervision. Bwlch Cerrig Duon - Fan Brycheiniog trig & hp - Fan Foel - down nose - Gwal y Cadno ruin - Llyn y Fan Fawr - wild camp in NW corner - west side traverse of llyn - return. Blue skies, good views, chilly overnight but the kids enjoyed it | richard69 | 04/05/2019 |
| On route to true summit | N.Morters | 30/04/2019 |
| M J O From the church car park along the top and then back under the escarpment. | Martin66 | 24/04/2019 |
| Mountain Coach | Tracey173 | 07/04/2019 |
| Along the ridge from Fan Brycheiniog summit. | Mariana Trench | 29/03/2019 |
| See Fan Brycheiniog Marilyn walk | JulieB | 31/12/2018 |
| Solo. Terrible weather. | Fidget | 08/10/2018 |
| Long circular route from Llanddeusant YHA | dc96 | 15/09/2018 |
| With: hb; From Garreg Las up onto Waun Lefrith then Bannau Sir Gaer and Fan Foel, over Fan Brycheiniog and down the long ridge of Fan Hir back to Glyntawe. | Ian Baines | 25/08/2018 |
| With: ib; | Helen Baines | 25/08/2018 |
| Crossing of the Carmathen Fan from A4069 to Glyntawe, while supervising the Explorers on the first day of their Queen's Scout Award qualifying expedition. Visited Garreg Lwyd, Foel Fraith, Garreg Las, Waun Lefrith, Picws Du, Fan Brycheiniog and Fan Hir. 23km with 1070m ascent 8h20m. | silveracorn_alan | 12/04/2018 |
| Blustery, squally winter's day | AJones | 09/02/2018 |
| Circular hike following this route: Waun y Llwyn - Llethr y Llyn - Weirs - Waun Lefrith (660/677) - Cwar-du-bach - Cwardu-mawr - Picws Du- Bwlch Blaen-Twrch - Fan Foel - Fan Brycheiniog - Bwlch Giedd - Llyn y Fan Fawr - Gwal y Cadno - Gwely Ifan y RhiwC - Pant y Bwlch - Waun Sychlwch - Llethr y Llyn - Waun y Llyn. Parking: Llyn y Fan Fach car park, Llandeusant, SA19 9UN | manilena | 02/12/2017 |
| ghaley | 26/10/2017 | |
| Ascent from car park on road to Trecastle. Not easy to pick the path through the boggy sections at times but going improved with the climb. | amarillo-oro-como | 28/08/2017 |
| X-trails run, misty / low visibility | philwhit | 19/08/2017 |
| Parked 856223, off road space for 4/5 cars. Hot, sunny, calm and good views. | iangalbraith | 08/07/2017 |
| great day walking solo | colinfielding | 25/05/2017 |
| Parked at pub in Glyntawe, walked along ridge ridgeway (Fan Hir) - great views | prcclarke | 09/04/2017 |
| Fan Hir, Fan Brycheiniog, Twr Y Fan Foel, Fan Foel, Picws Du, Waun Lefrith, Disgwylfa, Carreg Goch | keithouk | 03/04/2017 |
| From cairn - on to Fan Hir. | Wycombe Wanderer | 07/02/2017 |