Summit Register

Hills of Powys

Powys (Wales) has 12 summits in this register, out of 805 hills of all sizes in the Database of British and Irish Hills. The highest is Pen y Fan at 886 m; the median height is 730 m and the median drop 290.3 m.

On the lists: Marilyns 12 · Hewitts 11 · Nuttalls 11 · County tops 3

median 730 m21221211700 m800 mPen y Fan 886 mmedian 730 m322131800 mPen y Fan 886 m
All 12 hills of Powys in this register, counted in 25 m height bands (wider bands on small screens).

Powys in brief

Its highest hill, Pen y Fan, ranks 10th of the 56 register hills in Wales. For one of its 12 hills the nearest higher summit lies in another county entry, Pen y Fan, whose nearest higher summit is Cadair Idris – Penygadair. By main list the hills are 11 Hewitts and one Marilyn. Six have a trig point at or by the summit.

Most prominent

Greatest drop above the key col.

  1. Pen y Fan
    672 m
  2. Waun Fach
    622 m
  3. Fan Brycheiniog – Twr y Fan Foel
    424 m
  4. Great Rhos
    379 m
  5. Cadair Berwyn
    347 m
  6. Fan Fawr
    294.6 m
  7. Mynydd Troed
    286 m
  8. Fan Gyhirych
    282 m

Most isolated

Distance to the nearest higher summit.

  1. Pen y Fan
    96.2 km
  2. Drygarn Fawr
    28.1 km
  3. Great Rhos
    28.0 km
  4. Waun Fach
    22.0 km
  5. Cadair Berwyn
    21.6 km
  6. Fan Brycheiniog – Twr y Fan Foel
    18.1 km
  7. Fan Gyhirych
    5.3 km
  8. Cefn yr Ystrad
    5.2 km

All 12 hills by height

No.HillHeightDropLists
1Pen y Fan886 m672 mHewitts, Nuttalls, Marilyns, County topsDrop 672 m
2Cadair Berwyn832 m347 mHewitts, Nuttalls, Marilyns, County topsDrop 347 m
3Waun Fach811 m622 mHewitts, Nuttalls, MarilynsDrop 622 m
4Fan Brycheiniog – Twr y Fan Foel802.5 m424 mHewitts, Nuttalls, MarilynsDrop 424 m
5Waun Rydd769.2 m169 mHewitts, Nuttalls, MarilynsDrop 169 m
6Fan Fawr734 m294.6 mHewitts, Nuttalls, MarilynsDrop 294.6 m
7Fan Gyhirych726.1 m282 mHewitts, Nuttalls, MarilynsDrop 282 m
8Fan Nedd663 m174 mHewitts, Nuttalls, MarilynsDrop 174 m
9Great Rhos660 m379 mHewitts, Nuttalls, Marilyns, County topsDrop 379 m
10Drygarn Fawr644 m257.5 mHewitts, Nuttalls, MarilynsDrop 257.5 m
11Cefn yr Ystrad617.3 m177.2 mHewitts, Nuttalls, MarilynsDrop 177.2 m
12Mynydd Troed609 m286 mMarilynsDrop 286 m

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Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.6, CC BY 4.0; counties as recorded in the database. Our own calculations.