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Llyn y Fan Fach
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- Tonight
- 5°CCloudy · Wind 17 km/h W
Llyn y Fan Fach is a lake at 499 m above sea level in Wales, United Kingdom, 0.11 km² in area and 0.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 499 m
- Length
- 0.6 km
- Shoreline
- 1.7 km
Llyn y Fan Fach in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 1.7 km≈30 min to walk around
Llyn y Fan Fach 3D map
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Llyn y Fan Fach 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.
Llyn y Fan Fach elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Llyn y Fan Fach weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 17 km/h W
Llyn y Fan Fach forecast for about 499 m.
- Tonight5°0.5 mm17 km/h W
- Today5°12°35.2 mm40 km/h W
- Sun5°9°2.0 mm43 km/h W
- Mon7°12°20.7 mm36 km/h SW
- Tue7°9°4.9 mm34 km/h W
- Wed8°11°0.9 mm25 km/h W
- Thu8°11°0.3 mm13 km/h S
- Fri8°11°7.4 mm20 km/h SE
- Sat4°9°0.6 mm14 km/h NW
- Sun2°6°1.5 mm21 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 near Llyn y Fan Fach
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Llyn y Fan Fach, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.0 km N
Nearest caravan site
Black Mountain Caravan and Camping Park
Nearest campsite
Tafarn-y-Garreg
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.0 km N |
| Black Mountain Caravan and Camping ParkCaravan site | 5.1 km NW |
| Parking | 5.6 km NNE |
| Parking | 5.6 km NNE |
| Tafarn-y-GarregCampsite | 6.6 km SE |
| Brecon Beacons Camping & Caravan ParkCampsite | 6.7 km SE |
| Cosmos CampingCampsite | 7.5 km W |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.1% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 546 m low point 235 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 2 km of Llyn y Fan Fach.
Summit list 3
- 1Waun Lefrith679 m 0.5 km SW
- 2Picws Du749 m 1.0 km E
- 3Fan Foel781 m 2.0 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 53 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mallard6
- Woodland Dor Beetle5
- Moorland ground beetle5
- Meadow Pipit3
- Scarlet Waxy Cap3
- Green spleenwort3
Where Llyn y Fan Fach sits
- Region
- Wales60United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Bannau Brycheiniog National Park4
Nearby places
Llyn y Fan FawrLake↑2.9 km E
Usk ReservoirLake↑7.2 km NNE
Llyn Cwm LlwchLake↑20 km E
Lliw Valley↑20 km SW
Pen y FanPeak · 886 m↑21 km E
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)