List of mountain passes of Wales
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The following is a list of notable mountain passes in Wales:
Pass name | Translation/alt. name | Road number | OS grid ref of summit | Historic county | Principal area | National Park? | Maximum Elevation(m) | Notes |
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Aberglaslyn Pass | A498 | SH595465 | Caernarfonshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | |||
English: pass of the black stones | minor road between Trecastle and Swansea Valley | SN857227 | Brecknockshire | Powys | Brecon Beacons | |||
a.k.a. 'the Mohican Road' | right of way between Llangurig and Cwmystwyth | SN854782 | Montgomeryshire | Powys | 533m | Right of way. Eastern approach paved road; western approach largely unpaved. | ||
road between Abergwesyn and Tregaron | SN784576 | Cardiganshire | Ceridigion | 472m | ||||
a.k.a. the Gap Road | restricted byway between Pontsticill and Brecon | SO032205 | Brecknockshire | Powys | Brecon Beacons | |||
between Rhyd Ddu and Dyffryn Nantlle | SH555534 | Caernarfonshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | 236m | |||
A470 between Dolgellau and Dinas Mawddwy | SH802170 | Merionethshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | 363m | |||
A494 between Mold and Vale of Clwyd | SJ164582 | Denbighshire | Denbighshire | 291m | through the Clwydian Range | |||
Bwlch Penbarras | a.k.a. 'Old Bwlch' | minor road between Tafarn-y-Gelyn and Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd | SJ162605 | Denbighshire | Denbighshire | 362m | through the Clwydian Range | |
a.k.a. 'The Gated Road' | minor road between Llanuwchllyn and Bronaber | SH784333 | Merionethshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | 531m | ||
Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen | English translation: pass of the two stones | minor road/track between Abergwyngregyn and | SH712718 | Caernarfonshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | ||
Crimea Pass | Welsh: Bwlch y Gorddinan | A470 | SH699485 | Caernarfonshire & Merionethshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | 385m | |
Bwlch y Groes | English translation: pass of the cross
Commonly known as Hellfire Pass |
minor road between Llanuwchllyn and Dinas Mawddwy | SH913233 | Merionethshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | 545m | Highest pass in North Wales. |
Gospel Pass | Welsh: Bwlch yr Efengyl | minor road from Hay-on-Wye to Vale of Ewyas | SO236352 | Brecknockshire | Powys | Brecon Beacons | 549m | Highest pass in Wales. |
Horseshoe Pass | Welsh: Bwlch yr Oernant (pass of the cold stream) | A542 | SJ195474 | Denbighshire | Denbighshire | 417m | ||
Milltir Gerrig | English translation: mile of stones | between Llangynog and Bala | SJ 017305 | Merionethshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | 486m | |
Nant Ffrancon Pass | A5 between Bethesda, Gwynedd, and Llyn Ogwen in Conwy | SN649605 | Caernarfonshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | 312m | ||
Pengenffordd | A470 between Talgarth and Vale of Usk | SO173300 | Brecknockshire | Powys | Brecon Beacons | |||
Pen-y-Pass | English: Llanberis Pass | A4086 | SH646556 | Caernarfonshire | Gwynedd | Snowdonia | 359m | [1] |
A4069 between Llangadog and Brynaman | SN732184 | Carmarthenshire | Carmarthenshire | Brecon Beacons | ||||
English: Forge Road | minor road between Machynlleth and Staylittle | SN837884 | Montgomeryshire | Powys | 509m | |||
Pen Bwlch Llandrillo | Drovers road between and Llandrillo/Cynwyd | SJ091365 | Merionethshire | Denbighshire | 580m | Unpaved drovers road over the summit. | ||
Storey Arms | A470 between Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil | SN983203 | Brecknockshire | Powys | Brecon Beacons | |||
Sychnant Pass | Welsh: Bwlch Sychnant (dry stream pass) | minor road between Dwygyfylchi and Conwy | SH750770 | Caernarfonshire | Conwy | 158m | ||
Torpantau | minor road from Talybont-on-Usk to Pontsticill | SO052172 | Brecknockshire | Powys | Brecon Beacons | |||
A4067 | SN870195 | Brecknockshire | Powys | Brecon Beacons |
References[]
Where not otherwise specified, much information is taken from 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scale maps published by the Ordnance Survey.
- ^ The mountains of England and Wales, Volume 1 Wales John and Ann Nuttal
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