Chwarel y Fan

Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern . It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from .
Wikipedia
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pen y Gadair Fawr and Llanthony Abbey.

Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an 800 metres high subsidiary summit of and the second highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern . Marked by a medium-sized cairn, it is a much more distinguished top than its parent 1.5 km to the northwest.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former Anglican monastic institution founded in 1869 by Joseph Leycester Lyne, in the Welsh village of , a few miles from the medieval .

Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
is a top of in the Black Mountains range that spreads across parts of and in southeast Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capel-y-ffin and Llanthony.

Hamlet
Photo: JamesWoolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet near the English-Welsh border, a couple of miles north of in , Wales. It lies within the Black Mountains and within the . The nearest town is , some 8 miles to the northwest.

Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the community of on the northern edge of , South East , United Kingdom.

Village
Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a linear village and parish in , England. The parish includes the village of and had a population in mid-2010 of 543, increasing to 620 at the 2011 Census.

Chwarel y Fan

Latitude
51.95826° or 51° 57′ 30″ north
Longitude
-3.08102° or 3° 4′ 52″ west
Elevation
2,228 feet (679 metres)
Open location code
9C3RXW59+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3295147786
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12611277
Wiki­data ID
Q3397794
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Chwarel y Fan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Chwarel y Fan”
  • Dutch: “Chwarel y Fan”
  • Irish: “Chwarel y Fan”
  • Ladin: “Chwarel y Fan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chwarel y Fan”
  • Welsh: “Chwarel y Fan”

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Notable Places Nearby

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