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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4mls (6.5km) |
| Ascent: | 1,023ft (312m) |
| Time: | 2½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk cw225:
Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park - Cae Coch Farm - Tal y Fan - Foel Lwyd - Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 Welsh Mountain |
 0 Wainwrights |
 1 Welsh Nuttall |
 1 Welsh Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Welsh Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Tal y Fan at 610m (2002ft). Tal y Fan is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (135th highest in Wales, 315th highest in England & Wales)
Tal y Fan is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (187th highest in Wales, 437th highest in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (54th highest in Wales, 751st highest in the UK).
Tal y Fan means 'End Peak' in Welsh. The summit of Tal y Fan is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point on the S side of the wall.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Foel Lwyd at 603m (1979ft). Foel Lwyd is also known as a Welsh Dewey (11th highest in Wales, 19th in England & Wales) Foel Lwyd means 'Rocky Bare Hill' in Welsh. The summit of Foel Lwyd is marked by a cairn.
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk cw225 Tal y Fan and Foel Lwyd from Bwlch y Ddeufaen Car Park
In no particular order . . .
On Tal y Fan heading towards Cae Coch with the Conwy Valley in the background (The Llahsa Apso dog is called Tess)
Foel-fras (midground) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewelyn beyond from Bwlch y Ddeufaen
Foel-fras and Carnedd Gwenllian (Carnedd Uchaf) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewellyn beyond from Tal y Fan
Panorama of Pen-y-gaer, Penygadair, Pen y Castell, Foel-fras and Carnedd Gwenllian (Carnedd Uchaf) with Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewellyn beyond from Tal y Fan
Foel Luss, Penmaen-bach and Mynydd y Dref (Conwy Mountain) from the summit of Tal y Fan
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