Fron Hill
Fron Hill is a peak in New Radnor, Powys, Wales and has an elevation of 1,716 feet. Fron Hill is situated nearby to the locality Harley Dingle, as well as near Sunnybank.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhos Fawr and St Mary’s Church.
Rhos Fawr
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone.
Black Mixen
Peak
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Radnor and Yardro.
New Radnor
Village
New Radnor is a village and community in Powys, Wales. It is south of Radnor Forest, and was historically the county town of Radnorshire. In the 2001 census, the community's population of 410 was split evenly between male and female, in 192 households.
Yardro
Hamlet
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yardro is a hamlet in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Radnorshire. The nearest significant towns are Kington, Herefordshire and Presteigne. New Radnor, which used to be the county town of Radnorshire, is a short distance to the north of Yardro.
Old Radnor
Hamlet
Old Radnor is a village and community in Powys, Wales. The community includes Old Radnor and the villages of Yardro, Dolyhir, Burlingjobb, Evenjobb, Kinnerton and Walton.
Fron Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,716 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: New Radnor, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.2409° or 52° 14′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.1829° or 3° 10′ 59″ westElevation
1,716 feet (523 metres)Open location code
9C4R6RR8+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 29274652OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Fron Hill” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Fron”
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