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All The Welsh parkruns

There are currently 60 parkrun events in Wales of which I have completed 5. The first was Cardiff which started on February 16th 2008 and the newest is Flint Castle which started on January 10th 2026. The name for having completed all parkrun events in Wales is “Plugged The Leek”.

Severn Bridge parkrun’s start and end are in Monmouthshire, Wales. However the course extends into Gloucestershire, England.

Three 5k parkrun events in Wales have been permanently cancelled: Bodelwyddan Castle, Caldicot and Llanelli Coast. Each has been replaced by other nearby events.

Numbers exclude any events that are not open to the general public such as prisons or armed forces facilities.

Welsh parkruns by County

If you’re exploring Welsh geography, the county names can feel a little tangled. Wales has layers of counties: some ancient, some administrative, some ceremonial, and they don’t all line up neatly. Here’s a clear guide to how the historic and preserved counties fit together.

The historic counties, with names like Glamorgan, Pembrokeshire, and Denbighshire, date back to the 16th century, when the Laws in Wales Acts (1535–1542) established them as the framework for local government, justice, and taxation.

They no longer have any official administrative role, but they remain deeply woven into Welsh life. People still use them for cultural identity, local geography, sporting organisations, and heritage. In many ways, these counties are the mental map that Wales still lives by.

The preserved counties are much more recent. They are based on the administrative counties created in 1974, when Wales underwent a major reorganisation of local government. Those 1974 counties, such as Dyfed, Gwent, and Clwyd, ran local services until 1996.

In 1996, another restructuring replaced them with today’s 22 principal areas. At the same time, the preserved counties were formally created to keep the old 1974 boundaries alive for ceremonial purposes.

Today, their role is narrow but important: they define the areas served by the Lord-Lieutenants and High Sheriffs of Wales. Beyond that, they don’t influence local government or everyday administration.

  • Glamorgan is the Welsh historic county with the most events at 19. Montgomeryshire has the least with 1 event.

  • Gwent is the Welsh preserved county with the most parkrun events at 12. Powys has the least with 4 events.

  • Cardiff and Gwynedd are the principal areas with the most parkrun events at 5 each. Merthyr Tydfil and Wrexham have the least with 1 each

All of the Welsh parkrun events …

Below are each of the Welsh parkrun events in alphabetical order. A few things to note:

  • The interactive maps below take you to the approximate location for the course, typically the centre of the park. See the course instructions in the parkrun page for each event for specific directions to the start.

  • Course maps and elevation profiles show the route at the time that I ran it and may have changed since then. See the Course page in the event’s page on parkrun.co.uk for the current course outline.

Aberbeeg

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Blaenau Gwent

  • Inaugural: November 3rd 2018

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Aberdare

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: Mid Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Inaugural: June 9th 2018

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Aberfields

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: Mid Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Bridgend

  • Inaugural: August 19th 2023

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Aberystwyth

  • I completed this event on: August 15th 2015 with a finish time of: 24:42

  • Other routes touched: None

  • Historic County: Cardiganshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Ceredigion

  • Inaugural: September 1st 2012

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Barry Island

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: South Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Vale of Glamorgan

  • Inaugural: May 2nd 2015

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Bodelwyddan Castle

***Bodelwyddan Castle parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***

  • I did not complete this event before it was closed

  • Historic County: Flintshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Denbighshire

  • Inaugural: August 18th 2018. Final event: #35 on June 29th 2019

  • Reason for cancellation: Closure of the castle and grounds to the public.

  • Replaced by: Nova Prestatyn (maybe not officially but many of the core team moved there)

  • Links: Event Home Page, Wikipedia

 

Bryn Bach

  • I completed this event on: April 4th 2015 with a finish time of: 25:12

  • Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 46, 467

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Blaenau Gwent

  • Inaugural: July 21st 2012

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Brynaman

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Carmarthenshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Carmarthenshire

  • Inaugural: September 21st 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Caldicot

***Caldicot parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***

  • I did not complete this event before it was closed

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Monmouthshire

  • Inaugural: July 29th 2017. Final event: #7 on October 14th 2017

  • Reason for cancellation: Suspended due to railway works.

  • Replaced by: Rogiet

  • Links: Event Home Page

 

Cardiff

  • I completed this event on: August 19th 2023 with a finish time of: 27:12

  • Other routes touched (walk): Cambrian Way, Taff Trail

  • Other routes touched (cycle): Lôn Las Cymru (NCN 8)

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: South Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Cardiff

  • Inaugural: February 16th 2008

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Chippenham Playing Fields, Monmouth

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Monmouthshire

  • Inaugural: July 16th 2022

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Coed Cefn-pwll-du

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Caerphilly

  • Inaugural: September 24th 2022

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Colby

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Pembrokeshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Pembrokeshire

  • Inaugural: August 30th 2014

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Conwy

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Caernarfonshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Conwy

  • Inaugural: January 10th 2015

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Cosmeston Lakes

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: South Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Vale of Glamorgan

  • Inaugural: March 7th 2020

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Cwmbran

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Torfaen

  • Inaugural: June 18th 2016

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Cycle Route 43, Ystalyfera

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: West Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Neath Port Talbot

  • Inaugural: April 27th 2024

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Dolgellau

  • I completed this event on: June 22nd 2019 with a finish time of: 24:53

  • Other routes touched (cycle): Lôn Las Cymru (NCN 8)

  • Other routes touched (walk): Mawddach Trail

  • Historic County: Merionethshire

  • Preserved County: Gwynedd

  • Principal Area: Gwynedd

  • Inaugural: February 13th 2016

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Erddig

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Denbighshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Wrexham

  • Inaugural: May 14th 2016

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Flint Castle

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Flintshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Flintshire

  • Inaugural: January 10th 2026

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Gnoll

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: West Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Neath Port Talbot

  • Inaugural: September 5th 2015

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Grangemoor

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: South Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Cardiff

  • Inaugural: October 31st 2015

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Greenfield Valley

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Denbighshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Flintshire

  • Inaugural: March 14th 2020

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Groe

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Brecknockshire

  • Preserved County: Powys

  • Principal Area: Powys

  • Inaugural: March 2nd 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Hafan Pwllheli

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Caernarfonshire

  • Preserved County: Gwynedd

  • Principal Area: Gwynedd

  • Inaugural: February 16th 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Haverfordwest

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Pembrokeshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Pembrokeshire

  • Inaugural: September 23rd 2017

  • This event is part of the Compass Club challenge

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Llanelli Coast

***Llanelli Coast parkrun is now permanently cancelled ***

  • I did not complete this event before it was closed

  • Historic County: Carmarthenshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Carmarthenshire

  • Inaugural: November 19th 2016. Final event: #161 on March 7th 2020

  • Reason for cancellation: Not due to a single event, but rather its operations shifted to become the nearby Sandy Water parkrun, though the original site faced issues like flooding and changing conditions over time.

  • Replaced by: Sandy Water

  • Links: Event Home Page

 

Llanerchaeron

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Cardiganshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Ceredigion

  • Inaugural: January 6th 2018

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Llanfoist Crossing

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Monmouthshire

  • Inaugural: November 22nd 2025

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Llanishen Park

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: South Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Cardiff

  • Inaugural: June 18th 2022

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Llyn Llech Owain

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Carmarthenshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Carmarthenshire

  • Inaugural: July 13th 2013

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Maesteg

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: Mid Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Bridgend

  • Inaugural: May 25th 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Merthyr

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: Mid Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Merthyr Tydfil

  • Inaugural: April 22nd 2017

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Milford Waterfront

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Pembrokeshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Pembrokeshire

  • Inaugural: September 7th 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Nant y Pandy

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Anglesey

  • Preserved County: Gwynedd

  • Principal Area: Isle of Anglesey

  • Inaugural: August 25th 2018

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Newborough Forest

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Anglesey

  • Preserved County: Gwynedd

  • Principal Area: Isle of Anglesey

  • Inaugural: June 23rd 2018

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Newport

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Newport

  • Inaugural: March 26th 2011

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Newtown

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Montgomeryshire

  • Preserved County: Powys

  • Principal Area: Powys

  • Inaugural: October 24th 2015

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Nova Prestatyn

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Flintshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Denbighshire

  • Inaugural: December 7th 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Old Railway Trail, Llangollen

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Denbighshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Denbighshire

  • Inaugural: June 17th 2023

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Parc Coed Gwilym

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: West Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Swansea

  • Inaugural: June 7th 2025

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Parc Dewi Sant

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Carmarthenshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Carmarthenshire

  • Inaugural: November 29th 2025

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Park in the Past

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Flintshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Flintshire

  • Inaugural: May 3rd 2025

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Penallta

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Caerphilly

  • Inaugural: July 25th 2015

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Penrhyn

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Caernarfonshire

  • Preserved County: Gwynedd

  • Principal Area: Gwynedd

  • Inaugural: November 15th 2014

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Pont y Bala

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Merionethshire

  • Preserved County: Gwynedd

  • Principal Area: Gwynedd

  • Inaugural: April 13th 2019

  • The event is part of The Full Ponty challenge

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Pontypool

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Torfaen

  • Inaugural: November 23rd 2013

  • The event is part of The Full Ponty challenge

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Pontypridd

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: Mid Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Inaugural: October 12th 2013

  • The event is part of The Full Ponty challenge

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Porthcawl

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: Mid Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Bridgend

  • Inaugural: April 6th 2013

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Riverfront

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Newport

  • Inaugural: January 21st 2017

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Riverside Walk

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Brecknockshire

  • Preserved County: Powys

  • Principal Area: Powys

  • Inaugural: November 28th 2023

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Rogiet

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Monmouthshire

  • Inaugural: October 21st 2017

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Denbighshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Denbighshire

  • Inaugural: May 28th 2022

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Sandy Water

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Carmarthenshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Carmarthenshire

  • Inaugural: August 21st 2021

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Severn Bridge

  • I completed this event on: November 3rd 2018 with a finish time of: 28:14

  • Other routes touched (walk): Wales Coast Path

  • Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 4

  • Historic County: Monmouthshire

  • Preserved County: Gwent

  • Principal Area: Monmouthshire

  • Inaugural: August 11th 2018

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Swansea Bay

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: West Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Swansea

  • Inaugural: October 24th 2015

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Cardiganshire

  • Preserved County: Dyfed

  • Principal Area: Pembrokeshire

  • Inaugural: July 22nd 2023

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Trelai Park

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: South Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Cardiff

  • Inaugural: March 7th 2020

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Tremorfa

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Glamorgan

  • Preserved County: South Glamorgan

  • Principal Area: Cardiff

  • Inaugural: October 26th 2019

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Wepre

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Flintshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Flintshire

  • Inaugural: May 14th 2016

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Y Promenâd, Aberhonddu

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Brecknockshire

  • Preserved County: Powys

  • Principal Area: Powys

  • Inaugural: June 1st 2024

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Y Promenâd, Abermaw

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Merionethshire

  • Preserved County: Gwynedd

  • Principal Area: Gwynedd

  • Inaugural: June 13th 2024

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

Y Promenâd, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos

  • I have not yet completed this event

  • Historic County: Denbighshire

  • Preserved County: Clwyd

  • Principal Area: Conwy

  • Inaugural: November 29th 2025

  • Links: Event Home Page, Course Page

 

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Western Wales County Tops

View from Aran Fawddwy

“Remote” and “obscure” are relative terms. If you live in Aberystwyth then Arran Fawddwy, Plynlimon and Foel Cwmcerwyn are all local and accessible peaks. If, like the rest of the us, you don’t then they’re a bugger to get to.

Over my 7 years of County Topping I’d managed to pick off the rest of Wales. Snowdon came first and I’d repeated it several times. The rest of the North was ticked in one trip in 2016, the South in 2014 and all between came on weekend adventures over the years. The final 3 are pretty well spaced out so they could only be done on a road trip rather than a single location adventure. If I’d known earlier that this trip would be such fun I’d have tackled these much earlier.

As is mandatory for all weekend trips now, travel happens on a Friday after work. Saturday starts with the nearest parkrun not yet done. This time is was Dolgellau, a beautiful course along the Afon Mawddach river and Madwddach Trail. The National Cycle Network signs along the route reminded me that I’d passed through here before on my NCN8 end to end Wales trip in 2010.

Arran Fawddwy

Significance: Highest peak in Merionethshire (Historic CT)
Member of: Hewitt, Marilyn, Nuttall
Parent Peak: Snowdon. NHN = Peak 931
Elevation: 907m
Date climbed: June 22nd 2019
Coordinates: 52.7880° N, 3.6881° W
Route Start / End: Out and back from Llanuwchllyn, LL23 7TR
Route Distance: 18.2k / (11.3 miles)
Route Elevation Change: +/- 898m
Subsidiary tops on route: Arran Benllyn (885m), Erw y Ddafad-ddu (872m)
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched: None
OS Trig Pillar: TP0865 - Aran Fawddwy
Map: OS Explorer Map OL23 Cadair Idris & Llyn Tegid
Guidebook: The UK's County Tops (Jonny Muir)
Links: Wikipedia (Merionethshire), Wikipedia (Aran Fawddwy), Peakbagger

Llanuwchllyn, our start point for the Arran Fawddwy, walk was only 20 minutes from Dolgellau so we were on the trail by 11:00. We were lucky with the weather and had a the most amazing sunny day with clear skies and view for miles. The 360° view from the summit was a rare prize amongst so many cloudy summit days in my Welsh trekking experience.

Arran Fawddwy is a long but easy trek with only a small bit of scrambling in the last 20 minutes. It’s quiet up there too. At 2976 feet it narrowly misses out on being in the Welsh 3000s and the nearby Cadair Idris gets much more attention. If it wasn’t for it being a County Top I’d likely never have gone there either. That would have been a shame as this was one of my most enjoyable UK hikes in several years.

Once off the mountain we drove an hour South to the YHA at Borth. I didn’t know what to expect when I booked this one. My friend who was in charge of accommodation booking had made such an arse of it, I had to take over with only a month to go. This one was booked on the only criteria that it was near Plynlimon and still available.

As it turned out, Borth was a hidden gem. It’s an old Seaside resort that missed the memo about the need to become cheap and tacky. Our room in the YHA was spacious and had a sea view. Dinner in the seafront Victoria Inn and a beach walk back topped off a perfect adventure day in Wales.

Plynlimon

Also known as: Pumlumon Fawr
Significance: Highest peak in Cardiganshire (Historic CT), High Point of the Preserved County of Dyfed and the Principal area of Ceredigion
Member of: Hewitt, Marilyn, Nuttall
Parent Peak: Pen Y Fan. NHN = Craig Cwm Amarch
Elevation: 752m
Date climbed: June 23rd 2019
Coordinates: 52.4675°N 3.7828°W
Route Start / End: Out and back from parking place on Nant-y-Moch eastern road plus a loop of Pumlumon Fach
Route Distance: 7.7 km (4.8 miles)
Route Elevation Change: +/- 400m
Subsidiary tops on route: Pumlumon Fach (664m)
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched: none
OS Trig Pillar: TP5480 - Plynlimon
Map: OS Explorer Map (213) Aberystwyth and Cwm Rheidol for Plynlimon
Guidebook: The UK's County Tops (Jonny Muir)
Links: Wikipedia (Cardiganshire), Wikipedia (Plynlimon), Peakbagger

Plynlimon is just a few miles as the crow flies from Borth. We were driving though so it took a winding 45 minute trip so many hairpin bends and a route around the Nant-y-Moch reservoir.

The start of the trail is a small parking spot on the Maesnant road where it meets a farm track. There's 2 options from here: an out and back following the Maesnant stream or a circuit of the Pumlumon Fach. As we were following Jonny Muir's guide an wanted a more interesting route. We opted for the circular plus a couple of detours to bag the summits of Pumlumon Fach and an unnamed peak nearby.

Plynlimon was a much shorter trek than yesterday's Arran Fawddwy trip so we were back down by lunchtime and quickly on the road towards Newport YHA. Even with a short stop to bag a bonus Trig Pillar near Cardigan we arrived at the YHA by 15:00. I'd not read the check-in instructions so didn't realise that we were 2 hours too early. We could get a whole other mountain bagged in that time.

Foel Cwmcerwyn

Significance: Highest peak in Pembrokeshire (Historic County and Welsh Principal Area), Pembrokeshire Coast National Park High Point
Member of: Marilyn
Parent Peak: Plynlimon. NHN = Garreg Lwyd
Elevation: 536m
Date climbed: June 23rd 2019
Coordinates: 51°56′44″N 4°46′29″W
Route Start / End: Out and back from parking place on B4329
Route Distance: 6 km (3.7 miles)
Route Elevation Change: +/- 135m
Subsidiary tops on route: None
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched: None
OS Trig Pillar: TP5522 - Prescelly
Map: Ordnance Survey Explorer OL35 North Pembrokeshire
Guidebook: The UK's County Tops (Jonny Muir)
Links: Wikipedia (Pembrokeshire), Wikipedia (Foel Cwmcerwyn), Peakbagger

By the time wed reached the parking spot for Foel Cwmcerwyn it was proper rainy. The summit was apparently not far away but we couldn't see anything. Sticking to the GPS route and a straightforward path we arrived at the Trig Point in under and hour. The completion of the Welsh County Tops was a bit of an anticlimax in a damp field with views stretching across the nearest 15 metres.

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