List of Welsh principal areas by highest point
This is a list of the principal areas of Wales, ordered by their highest points.
Rank | Principal area | Peak | Height (metres) | Grid reference |
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1 | Gwynedd | Snowdon | 1085 | SH609543 |
2 | Conwy | Carnedd Llewelyn | 1064 | SH683644 |
3 | Powys | Pen y Fan | 886 | SO011215 |
4 | Denbighshire | Cadair Berwyn | 830 | SJ071323 |
5 | Wrexham | Craig Berwyn | 790 | SJ077335 |
6 | Carmarthenshire | Fan Foel | 781 | SN821223 |
7 | Ceredigion | Plynlimon | 752 | SN789869 |
8 | Monmouthshire | Chwarel y Fan | 679 | SO259292 |
9 | Neath Port Talbot | Craig y Llyn | 600 | SN906031 |
10 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Craig y Llyn (eastern slopes) | c. 589 | SN909031 |
11 | Blaenau Gwent | Coity Mountain | 581 | SO231079 |
12 | Torfaen | Coity Mountain (north-eastern slopes) | c. 580 | SO231080 |
13 | Bridgend | Mynydd Llangeinwyr | 568 | SS912947 |
14 | Flintshire | Moel Famau | 554 | SJ161626 |
15 | Pembrokeshire | Foel Cwmcerwyn | 536 | SN094311 |
16 | Caerphilly | Twyn Pwll Morlais (SE slopes) | c. 535 | SO082110 |
17 | Merthyr Tydfil | Twyn Pwll Morlais (southern slopes) | c. 531 | SO080110 |
18 | Swansea | Mynydd y Gwair | 374 | SN664094 |
19 | Newport | Wentwood | 309 | ST411942 |
20 | Cardiff | Garth Hill | 307 | ST103835 |
21 | Isle of Anglesey | Holyhead Mountain | 220 | SH218829 |
22 | Vale of Glamorgan | Unnamed hill SE of Pantylladron | 137 | ST036739 |
Notes
The highest points in the principal areas of both Torfaen and Rhondda Cynon Taf are not summits but locations high on hills, the summits of which are just west of the boundary in neighbouring principal areas. The highest points of the principal areas of Merthyr Tydfil and Caerphilly are not summits either but two locations near to each other on the southern slopes of a higher hill, Cefn yr Ystrad whose summit lies in the adjacent area of Powys.
References
- Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale map data
- Hill-bagging website - database of British and Irish hills
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