Wales

Cynon Valley

Floor93 m305 ft

Depth: 221 m
Rim: 419 m
Length: 13.1 km
Tonight: 5°CCloudy · Wind 17 km/h W

Cynon Valley is up to 221 m deep: the rim reaches 419 m and the floor 93 m, along 13.1 km.

All facts

Floor: 93 m

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Depth

Depth of Cynon Valley

Up to 221 m deep (typically 179 m) along the 13.1 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Cynon Valley 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cynon Valley terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Cynon Valley elevation profile

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Weather

Cynon Valley weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 17 km/h W

Cynon Valley forecast for about 419 m.

Tonight5°0.5 mm17 km/h W
Today6°13°47.4 mm42 km/h SW
Sun6°9°2.0 mm40 km/h W
Mon7°13°32.7 mm35 km/h SW
Tue8°11°5.8 mm31 km/h SW
Wed8°11°2.0 mm21 km/h W
Thu8°11°1.2 mm13 km/h SE
Fri8°11°6.6 mm18 km/h SE
Sat5°9°0.2 mm13 km/h NW
Sun3°7°0.2 mm19 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cynon Valley

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cynon Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.9 km NE
+2 more within 1.2 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	0.9 km NE
Parking	1.2 km NNW
Parking	1.2 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 71% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

70.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

26.4%

Steep, 30–45°

2.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 2.7% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 472 m low point 70 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 48.0%Grassland 42.8%Built-up 8.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Cynon Valley.

Summit list 6

1Mynydd yr Eglwys435 m 1.5 km W
2Carn y Pigwn470 m 2.2 km ENE
3Cefn Rhondda481 m 2.3 km WNW
4Mynydd Troed-y-rhiw328 m 4.1 km SE
5Mynydd Ton533 m 4.8 km WSW
6Cefn Gwyngul (south trigpoint)356 m 5.5 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 693 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Brown Silver-line16
Large Yellow Underwing14
The Spectacle13
Dark Arches13
Fireweed13
European Robin12

Where it sits

Where Cynon Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Pontsticill ReservoirLake19 km NNE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGCynon Valley satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-16.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-16)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Cynon Valley

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Nearest parking