Summit Register

Hewitt · Powys, Wales

Waun Rydd

769.2 m

2,524 ftDrop 169 mSO 062 206

Finder: 11 Hewitts in Powys

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmWaun Rydd769.2Pen y Fan886Cefn yr Ystrad617.3Fan Fawr734Mynydd Troed609
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmWaun Rydd769.2Pen y Fan886Cefn yr Ystrad617.3
Looking north, 3920 km wide, heights ×1212 (method).

Waun Rydd is a Hewitt of 769.2 m in Powys. It sits below Pen y Fan, only 5.1 km to the west and 116.8 m higher.

Of the 12 register hills in Powys, it has the smallest drop. Its nearest higher summit, Cribyn (793.8 m, 3.9 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as grassy knoll, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit769.2 mKey col600 msea level
Key col SO 031 205, 3.1 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

769.2 m20th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

169 m802nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.9 km438th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Pen y Fan5.1 km west
    886 m
  2. 2
    Cefn yr Ystrad7.3 km south
    617.3 m
  3. 3
    Fan Fawr9.3 km west
    734 m
  4. 4
    Mynydd Troed13.4 km north-east
    609 m
1234Pen y FanCefn yr YstradFan FawrMynydd TroedN5 km

Lists

  • 95th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 75th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 476th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Cribyn, 793.8 m, 3.9 km west
Region
32A: Llandovery to Monmouth
OS map
160
Summit
Grassy knoll
DoBIH no.
2233
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Waun Rydd

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures